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Life is neither static nor unchanging. With no individuality, there can be no change, no adaptation and, in an inherently changing world, any species unable to adapt is also doomed.


Jean M. Auel

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JEAN GIRAUDOUX If it has to choose who is to be crucified, the crowd will always save Barabbas.
JEAN COCTEAU Santa Barbara is a paradise; Disneyland is a paradise; the U.S. is a paradise. Paradise is just para...
JEAN BAUDRILLARD I should have no use for a paradise in which I should be deprived of the right to prefer hell.
JEAN ROSTAND Take a commonplace, clean it and polish it, light it so that it produces the same effect of youth an...
JEAN COCTEAU The order of the world is always right -- such is the judgment of God. For God has departed, but he ...
JEAN BAUDRILLARD Every man thinks God is on his side. The rich and powerful know he is.
JEAN ANOUILH A woman of mystique is fully aware of her flaws and weaknesses, yet she is strong enough to admit th...
JEAN LUSH I am sad, sad as a circus-lioness, sad as an eagle without wings, sad as a violin with only one stri...
JEAN RHYS Variety in mere nothings gives more pleasure than uniformity of something s.
JEAN PAUL