"I was in favour of the death penalty, and disposed to regard abolitionists as people whose hearts were bigger than their heads. Four years of close study of the subject gradually dispelled that feeling. In the end I became convinced that the abolitionists were right in their conclusions...and that far from the sentimental approach leading into their camp and the rational one into that of the supporters, it was the other way about."

-- Ernest Gowers

#Heart Quotes #Years Quotes #People Quotes

“I wouldn't play in Minnesota unless my career was at an end and I had to go to Minnesota to play the game.”
“God gets the easiest performance reviews.”

Source : Daryl Gregory (2014). “Afterparty”, p.17, Macmillan
“Donald Trump just announced that if Republicans don't treat him fairly, he will resurrect the Whig party and run as its hair apparent.”
“In the past, I used to think that it is fundamental and natural to have everything. But I realized that is not true. Instead I realized that those are things to be grateful for. After that realization, I became comfortable. Even if I donâ€™t have it I am grateful. Such a realization also made me understand that is a way to love myself.”
“If you donâ€™t find a way to love a flawed person, secretly youâ€™re teaching yourself that you are not lovable because of your flaws.”
“Within a hundred years of physical and chemical science, men will know what the atom is. It is my belief when science reaches this stage, God will come down to earth with His big ring of keys and will say to humanity, 'Gentlemen, it is closing time.'”
“New York is not a city to return to in defeat.”
“We're five people, five individuals who came together to create something, to make music and to complete each other musically, to form a perfect circle.”

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