"Gravitational systems are the ashes of prior electrical systems."

-- Hannes Alfven

#Ashes Quotes #Electrical Quotes

“If I can win a Cup race, that would pretty much show my whole career that I've been able to win in everything I've gotten into.”
“Soon madness has worn you down. Itâ€™s easier to do what it says than argue. In this way, it takes over your mind. You no longer know where it ends and you begin. You believe anything it says. You do what it tells you, no matter how extreme or absurd. If it says youâ€™re worthless, you agree. You plead for it to stop. You promise to behave. You are on your knees before it, and it laughs.”
“To be interested in food but not in food production is clearly absurd.”
“I work in areas related to child protection and family safety, women's empowerment, the creation of opportunities for youth, and culture and tourism. Daunting? Yes. Impossible? No. In fact, such challenges energize me.”
“I don't want to be a big star. I just want to get my message across.”
“Poetry forces a writer to condense and crystallise his thoughts and often represents a short cut to truths unsuspected by the author himself.”
“Analysis kills spontaneity. The grain once ground into flour springs and germinates no more.”
“If I say, 'I forgive you,' I have implicitly said you have done something wrong to me. But what forgiveness is at its heart is both saying that justice has been violated and not letting that violation count against the offender.”

Source : Interview with Bob Abernethy, www.pbs.org. April 2, 2004.

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