Deborah Davis quotes
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“If there was a volcano under their feet, a Vesuvius that could erupt and bury this modern-day Pompeii at any moment, the best thing to do was dance on it.”
-- Deborah DavisSource : Deborah Davis (2004). “Strapless”, Penguin
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“What does the Christian faith say about Mary's childhood. We do not know much of Mary's childhood.”
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“When he was very excited, [John Singer] Sargent would rush at his canvas with his brush poised for attack, yelling, 'Demons, demons, demons!' When he was particularly angry or frustrated, he expressed these feelings with 'Damn,' the only curse he allowed himself. He once had the expletive inscribed on a rubber stamp so he could have the satisfaction of pounding it on a piece of paper.”
-- Deborah Davis
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“The things that make me different are the things that make me.”
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“Remind me that the most fertile lands were built by the fires of volcanoes.”
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“All civilization has from time to time become a thin crust over a volcano of revolution.”
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“I never stepped foot into a Brooks Brothers before Mad Men.”
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“Wild Eyes was built for speed and I was flying down walls of water twenty and thirty feet high.”
Source : Abby Sunderland, Lynn Vincent (2011). “Unsinkable: A Young Woman's Courageous Battle on the High Seas”, p.11, Thomas Nelson Inc
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“Better to die on your feet than live on your knees.”
Source : Aeschylus (1984). “The Oresteia: Agamemnon; The Libation Bearers; The Eumenides”, p.135, Penguin
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