You can choose to override these laws, you can change the game, you can dance to a different tune.

The single event that forced Christianity to dance to a different tune was Darwin's great 1859 book called On the Origin of Species.

'We'll all be dancing to a different tune before long.' Killian somehow managed to produce the semblance of a smile. 'When trading in opium becomes legal I doubt if Gemmell Company will be lagging behind.'

In one way the book is a straightforward defence of eccentricity, a plea for the importance of valuing individuals who choose to dance to a different tune.

Whether they walk or take a cab, they arrive at exactly the right time to bag a window seat and settle themselves down in comfort for their trip. Alas, I dance to a different tune. I have been catching trains all my life and throughout this time I have always been afraid of missing them.

Is it a crime to work like that? Is it so hard to accept that some people dance to a different tune?!

Dance to a different tune

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