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“Phew am exhausted. Just read about something called "the offside rule". Too much for my tiny brain. Must be damaged from nail polish fumes”
Source : Kelly Cates @KellyCates, twitter.com. January 23, 2011.
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“Now I see the secret of making the best person: it is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth.”
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“Time the great destroyer of other men's happiness, only enlarges the patrimony of literature to its possessor.”
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“Surveying the way viruses have been discovered in the past, I came to the conclusion that I could use my technology that I developed as a graduate student - DNA microarray technology - to create a chip that would simultaneously screen for all viruses ever discovered, and furthermore have the built-in capability of discovering new viruses.”
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“What is it that is done to our children that their puberty should deform them? They have the joy of movement; they have an enterprising curiosity; they are ready for sensible self-denial; they dream ahead, and they have a faithful memory, and, above all, great compassion. [...] The well-meaning educator who flatters and humours the young not only does a disservice to the community, but also damages the individual by depriving him of the opportunities of self-discovery.”
Source : "Kurt Hahn: A Life Span in Education and Politics". Book by Robert Birley, §1, p. 8, 1966.
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“What disturbs and depresses young people is the hunt for happiness on the firm assumption that it must be met with in life. From this arises constantly deluded hope and so also dissatisfaction. Deceptive images of a vague happiness hover before us in our dreams, and we search in vain for their original. Much would have been gained if, through timely advice and instruction, young people could have had eradicated from their minds the erroneous notion that the world has a great deal to offer them.”
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“the Saudis have never shown any respect for human rights, either now or in the past. Even a petty burglar faces having one of his hands chopped off. The liberal press in America prefers to ignore all this, although they don't hesitate to blacken the reputation of Iran.”
Source : "The Shah and I: The Confidential Diary of Iran's Royal Court, 1968-77". Book by Asadollah Alam, p. 535, 1991.
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“It can't hurt, publicity is publicity, controversy and all that, it's all good.”
Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
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“I fear we may live to see another revolution.”
Source : John Marshall (2005). “The Political and Economic Doctrines of John Marshall”, p.90, The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
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“When you feel good in a clothing anything can happen. A good clothing is a passport for happiness.”