"The word of God came down to man as rain to soil, and the result was mud, not clear water. (Bistami) Pg. 128"

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Kim Stanley Robinson

#Rain Quotes #Men Quotes #Water Quotes

“I think itâ€™d be disgraceful if a chap wasnâ€™t allowed to have a bit of fun in Las Vegas. The real scandal would be if you went all the way to Las Vegas and you didnâ€™t misbehave in some trivial way.”
“Liberia is not at the center of a massive geopolitical game. Afghanistan is and has always been. The history is dramatic, the politics are dramatic, the landscape is incredibly dramatic.”

Source : Source: www.thewrap.com
“There is no sudden leap into the stratosphere... There is only advancing step by step, slowly and tortuously, up the pyramid toward your goals...”
“We regard an action of Contract as an action to prevent or compensate for a breach of a promise; an action of Tort as an action to to punish or compensate for a wrong, such as assault or defamation, which has not any necessary connection with a promise.”

Source : Edward Jenks (1922). “A Short History of English Law: From the Earliest Times to the End of the Year 1919”
“Confidence comes from discipline and training.”
“Had an awesome time. You tell me to show up and all I have to do is drink beer, play guitar all day and I can lift weights and you're going to pay me for this!”
“If you don't get spending under control, eventually you're going to have a big tax increase.”
“Harvey , Galileo , Copernicus do not seem occult to us, but they did so to their contemporaries, hierophants of the mysteries of Natural Law, revealers of the secrets of a New Order of the Ages. After all, the movement eventually came to be called the Age of Enlightenment.”

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