From 1996 to 2006, more than 79 percent of the animal studies published in the scientific journal Pain included only male subjects.
“As I said, one of my favorite questions to ask an era is: What portion of the population can be murdered by a different portion and have the murderer suffer no meaningful consequences?”
― Inventing the Renaissance: The Myth of a Golden Age
― Inventing the Renaissance: The Myth of a Golden Age
“El caos de las librerías se parece mucho al caos de los recuerdos.”
― El infinito en un junco
― El infinito en un junco
“In 2014, Mexican authorities seized 15,397 firearms, ranging from machine guns to pistols, and submitted them to the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) for tracing. The agency found that 11,061 of them—71 percent—originated in the United States.”
― This Land Is Our Land: An Immigrant's Manifesto
― This Land Is Our Land: An Immigrant's Manifesto
“Augustine said, ‘We are born between faeces and urine”
― A History of the World in 100 Objects
― A History of the World in 100 Objects
“Ave Maria gratia plena, is “Hail Mary full of political influence.”
― Inventing the Renaissance: The Myth of a Golden Age
― Inventing the Renaissance: The Myth of a Golden Age
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