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The origin myth of the Tukano speaks of the time, eons ago, when humans first settled the great rivers of the Amazon basin. It seems that 'supernatural beings' accompanied them on this journey and gif...

Time is the material from which life is made

Origin Definition

(n.) The first existence or beginning of anything; the birth.

(n.) That from which anything primarily proceeds; the fountain; the spring; the cause; the occasion.

(n.) The point of attachment or end of a muscle which is fixed during contraction; -- in contradistinction to insertion.

Poverty is the origin of invention

We are now perched on a strange cusp of history, a time when the world feels like it’s been turned upside down, and nothing is quite as we imagined. But uncertainty is always a precursor to sweeping c...

No revolution, no political change, is ever born from immaculate conception.

I really don't think that was a good idea,'' Archer said, appearing in the open archway. ''To go sightseeing when you have half the government gunning for your ass.

I am sure my fellow-scientists will agree with me if I say that whatever we were able to achieve in our later years had its origin in the experiences of our youth and in the hopes and wishes which wer...

So I was thinking, there're eighty-six thousand, four hundred seconds in a day, right? There're one thousand, four hundred and forty minutes in a day...There're one hundred and sixty-eight hours in a...

We already live on the planet of war, we already live on the red planet, and it's a war against children. All the other wars are just the shadows of the war on children.

There is no real origin for anything. Everything just exists. Everything just exists in order to exist.

But then again, theywere like baby Einsteins on crack.

Daemon: Ever hear the saying you catch more lions with honey than vinegar?Katy: I think it's 'catch more bees' and not lions.Daemon: Whatever.

The kid curled his fingers inward, like he was motioning them to come play with him, and in a total Magneto way, the guns flew from the officers' hands, zinging toward the kid. They, too, stopped in m...

I kinda like the arm-grabbing thing, he replied, shoving his hands into the pockets of his jeans. Very dominant of you. Maybe I'm the submissive type in, you know, the

No one gave us life, we're the products of an explosion.