#ip

What I try to do in the book is to trace the chain of relationships running from elementary particles, fundamental building blocks of matter everywhere in the universe, such as quarks, all the way to complex entities, and in particular complex adaptive system like jaguars. ↗

— Murray Gell-Mann

#blocks #book #building #building blocks #chain

You know, there was a time, just before I started to study physical science, when astronomers thought that systems such as we have here in the solar system required a rare triple collision of stars. ↗

— Murray Gell-Mann

#before #collision #here #i #just

All of this suggests that while citizens became more comfortable with President Bush after September 11 and thought him to have the requisite leadership skills, they continue to harbor doubts about his priorities, loyalties, interests, and policies. ↗

— Thomas E. Mann

#after #became #bush #citizens #comfortable

The increase in straight-ticket party voting in recent years means that competitive congressional races can tip one way or the other depending on the showing of the candidates at the top of the ticket. ↗

— Thomas E. Mann

#competitive #congressional #depending #increase #means

I ain't got no magical powers and mystical trips and all that kind of crap. It's kind of silly. ↗

— Charles Manson

#got #i #kind #magical #mystical

I mean, believe me, I'm not for censorship. ↗

— Joe Mantegna

#censorship #i #me #mean

And then there's all these other creeps that surround your band and suck off you like leeches and try to manipulate you and your business. You have to watch like a hawk. I'm always ready to fight. I see it very much as a battle. ↗

— Shirley Manson

#band #battle #business #creeps #fight

I was always embarrassed because my dad wore a suit and my mother wore flat pumps and a cozy jumper while my friends' parents were punks or hippies. ↗

— Shirley Manson

#because #cozy #dad #embarrassed #flat

If you're going to believe in a God, then you also have to equally believe that there's a flip side to this. ↗

— Joe Mantegna

#believe #equally #flip #god #going

He works his business and manipulates and keeps himself in front of the world. ↗

— Marla Maples

#front #himself #his #keeps #manipulates