"Death is the surcease that comes when the exhausting battle has been lost."

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Source : Sherwin B. Nuland (1994). “How We Die”, Vintage

Sherwin B. Nuland

#Battle Quotes #Lost Quotes

“Replacing half of the U.S. ground-transport fuels with hydrogen from wind power by 2050, for example, might require 1,400 gigawatts of advanced wind turbines or more... replacing those fuels with electricity might require less than 400 GW.”
“The world changed somewhat in form during its progress, but never in substance.”

Source : Gertrude Atherton (2014). “The Avalanche”, p.136, The Floating Press
“We can only imagine what would happen to our health care and to the quality of our health care here in North Dakota if we took the federal government out of health care.”

Source : "Heitkamp on health care: past vs. present" by David Catanese, www.politico.com. March 23, 2012.
“Be ye a refuge to the fearful; bring ye rest and peace to the disturbed; make ye a provision for the destitute; be a treasury of riches for the poor; be a healing medicine for those who suffer pain; be ye doctor and nurse to the ailing; promote ye friendship, and honour, and conciliation, and devotion to God, in this world of non-existence.”
“poets are born knowing the language of angels”
“The patriot blood of my father was warm in my veins.”
“Homo sum: humani nil a me alienum puto.I am human: nothing human is alien to me.”
“I was very soft. I gained a lot of weight with my second child and was very on the couch. And [my manager] said, "You know, this is a softer role [in Misteress]. She is a softer character. She's a lesbian that's always the passive half of the relationship."”

Source : Source: collider.com

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