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RAND scientists tried to tell their wives that the decision whether to buy or not to buy a washing machine was an 'optimization problem'.


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SYLVIA EARLE You have to love it before you are moved to save it.
SYLVIA EARLE Our past, our present, and whatever remains of our future, absolutely depend on what we do now,
SYLVIA EARLE Nothing has prepared sharks, squid, krill and other sea creatures for industrial-scale extraction th...
SYLVIA EARLE I have heard endlessly that fish are so resilient that there is no way that you could exterminate a ...
SYLVIA EARLE My master's degree was in English literature.
SYLVIA BROWNE I love music of all kinds, but there's no greater music than the sound of my grandchildren laugh...
SYLVIA EARLE When I write a scientific treatise, I might reach 100 people. When the 'National Geographic'...
SYLVIA EARLE I looked on my stomach and saw Frieda Rebecca, white as flour with the cream that covers new babies,...
SYLVIA PLATH Every fish fertilizes the water in a way that generates the plankton that ultimately leads back into...
SYLVIA EARLE Self confidence for me is a fragile fleece.
SYLVIA KRISTEL Steve Jobs was Galileo in a past life. Discovery was instinctual for him.
SYLVIA BROWNE It's abundantly clear that we already have extraterrestrials living among us, and people are steppin...
SYLVIA BROWNE If you are an animal lover like me, the loss of a pet is as devastating as the loss of a person. Let...
SYLVIA BROWNE A spirit is, like, your mother, my dad, who've made it. They can come around, but they come around i...
SYLVIA BROWNE A ghost is someone who hasn't made it - in other words, who died, and they don't know they're dead. ...
SYLVIA BROWNE I was born this way, and I don't know how I do it. I can do it from a piece of paper. I can do it fr...
SYLVIA BROWNE The weeds keep multiplying in our garden, which is our mind ruled by fear. Rip them out and call the...
SYLVIA BROWNE Animal totems, like the tiger, come from the Other Side to protect us while we are away from Home.
SYLVIA BROWNE Let me assure you that all of our pets, and animals of every kind will be with us for eternity on th...
SYLVIA BROWNE Every time I slip into the ocean, it's like going home.
SYLVIA EARLE As I was sitting there, the deejay was playing music and talking over the music, and the kids were g...
SYLVIA ROBINSON He's also a great storyteller. It should be a wonderful program. He has a way of making you want to ...
SYLVIA MOREL