Women of child-bearing age steadily run out of eggs by the continuous process of cell death. While reading a copy of the 'Guardian' carefully from cover to cover, a normal woman will have lost on average two eggs - while, typically, a normal man will have made 70,000 new sperm.


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I am always ready to learn although I do not always like to be taught.
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A joke is a very serious thing
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The whole history of the world is summed up in the fact that, when nations are strong, they are not ...
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The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.
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When I am abroad, I always make it a rule to never criticize or attack the government of my own coun...
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There is no doubt that it is around the family and the home that all the greatest virtues, the most ...
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It is my belief, you cannot deal with the most serious things in the world unless you understand the...
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Never, never, never, never give up.
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There are a terrible lot of lies going round the world, and the worst of it is that they're true.
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Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all others. -Win...
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The power of an air force is terrific when there is nothing to oppose it.
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It is more agreeable to have the power to give than to receive.
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Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as pain in the hum...
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Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning.
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The great defense against the air menace is to attack the enemy's aircraft as near as possible t...
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Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent v...
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Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.
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Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
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I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly.
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The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there ...
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A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.
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I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.
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My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me.
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In war, you can only be killed once, but in politics, many times.
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I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.
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Never give in - never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in...
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I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.
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We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English.
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Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.
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Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.
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Ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put.
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Some people regard private enterprise as a predatory tiger to be shot. Others look on it as a cow th...
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We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.
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A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every diff...
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The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every diffi...
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If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit...
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Christmas is a season not only of rejoicing but of reflection.
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I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me.
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Baldwin thought Europe was a bore, and Chamberlain thought it was only a greater Birmingham.
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Politics is the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month and next...
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A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, ...
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To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.
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True genius resides in the capacity for evaluation of uncertain, hazardous, and conflicting informat...
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