"Every reformation ruins somebody."

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Source : Amelia B. Edwards (1865). “Half a Million of Money”, p.241

Amelia B. Edwards

#Reform Quotes #Ruins Quotes #Reformation Quotes

“It was ironic how love could awaken them to the wonders of the universe, while at the same time confine their attention to one another.”
“My fake plants died because I did not pretend to water them.”

Source : "Mitch All Together". Live album by Mitch Hedberg, December 9, 2003.
“When I see my opponent, I begin to shake uncontrollably. Once he hits me, I think to myself, you just hit Wanderlei Silva, how dare you hit Wanderlei Silva. Then I try to kill them.”
“Certain people always say we should go back to nature.I notice they never say we should go forward to nature. It seemstometheyare more concerned that we should go back, than about nature.”

Source : 1947 In Tiger's Eye, vol.1, no.2, Dec, quoted in C Harrison and Paul Wood (eds) Art in Theory 1900-1990 (1992).
“Peace will be victorious.”
“I love men. They are intelligent and sensitive, but there's also that hard-edged arrogant side, which is just so attractive.”

Source : "What I know about men". Interview With Lucy Siegle, www.theguardian.com. September 9, 2006.
“Everything is determined, the beginning as well as the end, by forces over which we have no control. It is determined for the insect, as well as for the star. Human beings, vegetables, or cosmic dust, we all dance to a mysterious tune, intoned in the distance by an invisible piper.”
“At a moment when distortions of Islam are what feed most Americans, Ibrahim Abdul-Matin has done something both practical and inspiring. He persuades us that the imperiled environment is both common struggle and common ground for people who share, it turns out, more than simply God.”

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