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It has been generally the custom of writers on natural history to take the habits and instincts of animals as the fixed point, and to consider their structure and organization as specially adapted to be in accordance with them. ↗

— Alfred Russel Wallace

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There could not be a more stark contrast between Wisconsin and Illinois. ↗

— Scott Walker

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We showed that when we say 'Wisconsin is open for business', we mean it. ↗

— Scott Walker

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I don't consider myself a starlet or a Hollywood person. ↗

— Mia Wasikowska

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Popularity is very inconsistent. Sometimes it's there, sometimes it's not. It usually just comes in waves. ↗

— Mia Wasikowska

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The Harvard Law states: Under controlled conditions of light, temperature, humidity, and nutrition, the organism will do as it damn well pleases. ↗

— Larry Wall

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I am decidedly of the opinion that in very many instances we can trace such a necessary connexion, especially among birds, and often with more complete success than in the case which I have here attempted to explain. ↗

— Alfred Russel Wallace

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In all works on Natural History, we constantly find details of the marvellous adaptation of animals to their food, their habits, and the localities in which they are found. ↗

— Alfred Russel Wallace

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Academic sociologists have been trained to conceive of their discipline - sociology - as the scientific study of society, and to remit to the sister discipline of psychology the study of individuals. ↗

— Richard Wall

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If this is not done, future ages will certainly look back upon us as a people so immersed in the pursuit of wealth as to be blind to higher considerations. ↗

— Alfred Russel Wallace

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