"I should be glad if I could flatter myself that I came as near the central idea of the occasion, in two hours, as you did in two minutes."

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Source : Svend Petersen, Edward Everett (1963). “The Gettysburg addresses: the story of two orations”

Edward Everett

#War Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Two Quotes

“The military has a very long relationship with Hollywood that dates back to the silent film era.”
“The Universal Declaration of Human Rights recognizes that 'if man is not to be compelled to have recourse, as a last resort, to rebellion against tyranny and oppression', human rights should be protected by the rule of law. That just laws which uphold human rights are the necessary foundation of peace and security would be denied only by closed minds which interpret peace as the silence of all opposition and security as the assurance of their own power.”
“A whizzpopper!" cried the BFG, beaming at her. "Us giants is making whizzpoppers all the time! Whizzpopping is a sign of happiness. It is music in our ears! You surely is not telling me that a little whizzpopping if forbidden among human beans?”
“Any time we open ourselves up to fear, we fall prey to his deceptions and intimidations. Yet, if we submit our hearts to God and stand in faith, we can resist those first fearful thoughts. As we yield to God we can master our reactions to fear and the enemy will soon flee.”
“It just seemed like there were loads of bands in England writing about walking down the street and falling in love.”
“An artist is maybe not always having a normal life.”
“I date older men, and I date younger men. I have no rules about that.”
“Prayer is listening as well as speaking, receiving as well as asking; and its deepest mood is friendship held in reverence. So the daily prayer should end as it begins - in adoration.”

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