"To know all about anything is to know how to deal with it under all circumstances."

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Source : William Kingdon Clifford, Leslie Stephen, Frederick Pollock (2011). “Lectures and Essays”, p.183, Cambridge University Press

William Kingdon Clifford

#Circumstances Quotes #Deals Quotes

“I come from a newspaper background, so maybe Im attuned to current events.”
“I make chicks consider themselves widows whose husbands ain't even died yet.”

Source : Song: How it Goes
“And we will cause it to be well-made, this Sacrifice. You, young and never loving; I, old and never loved. Such a Song the Sea will never have seen.”
“When I went to the Studio Museum in Harlem, there was a type of freedom that existed where I didn't have to think about professors, where I didn't have to think about much of anything other than my own practice.”
“I paint because the spirits whisper madly inside my head.”
“When I saw 'Blade Runner,' my understanding was that 'Blade Runner' and 'Alien' were sequels to each other - or they were related. They were set in the same world.”
“There's something wrong with the brakes." He didn't recognize his shaky, weak voice. He pumped them again. Nothing.Â "There's something wrong with the BRAKES?" "I don't think we have any." "We don't have any BRAKES?" "Bro, it doesn't help to repeat everything I say!" Jonah yelled.”
“The only beautiful thing in the world whose beauty lasts for ever is a pure, fair soul.”

Source : Bram Stoker (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Bram Stoker (Illustrated)”, p.2481, Delphi Classics

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