"I'm always fascinated by the use of the first-person plural talking about sports."

-- Penn Jillette

#Sports Quotes #Talking Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“... women of the North, I ask you to rise up with earnest, honest purpose, and go forward in the way of right, fearlessly, as independent human beings, responsible to God alone for the discharge of every duty, for the faithful use of every gift, the good Father has given you. Forget conventionalisms; forget what the world will say, whether you are in your place or out of your place; think your best thoughts, speak your best words, do your best works, looking to your own conscience for approval.”
“The loss of these tastes [for poetry and music] is a loss of happiness, and may possibly be injurious to the intellect, and more probably to the moral character, by enfeebling the emotional part of our nature.”
“The only important thing to realise about history is that it all took place in the last five minutes.”

Source : Celia Elizabeth Green (1976). “The decline and fall of science”, Hamish Hamilton
“things that have cost more than they're worth leave a bitter taste. A taste of salt and sweat.”

Source : Josephine Winslow Johnson (1934). “Now in November”, p.37, Feminist Press at CUNY
“Our Aim Is God: â€œWe must constantly remember our aim is God. And we must not be concerned with anything that makes us forget Him.â€”
“I didn't have that many friends my first few years of high school. It was very cliquey and I'm super shy, so it was hard to make friends.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I'm very interested in portraying homosexual man and woman in my films because I'm interested in their lives and their problems.”
“To a critic, no explanation will do. To a fan, no explanation is needed.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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