"The nature of light is a subject of no material importance to the concerns of life or to the practice of the arts, but it is in many other respects extremely interesting."

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Source : Thomas Young (1807). “A Course of Lectures on Natural Philosophy and the Mechanical Arts: In Two Volumes”, p.457

Thomas Young

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“Sex with love is the greatest thing in life. But sex without love--that's not so bad either.”
“Don't quit. For if you do, you may miss the answer to your prayers.”

Source : Max Lucado (2013). “Grace for the Moment: Morning and Evening Devotional Journal”, p.20, Thomas Nelson Inc
“Violence is black children going to school for 12 years and receiving 6 years' worth of education.”
“In order to be different one must be irreplaceble.”
“If people want consultative government, the price is increased complexity and delay in arriving at decisions. If they want speed of government, then they must accept a greater degree of authoritarianism. I suspect that the real answer is that most people prefer the latter so long, that is, as government's decisions conform with their own views.”

Source : Official Report of Proceedings of the Hong Kong Legislative Council (p. 215), March 27, 1968.
“Shatter the icons of slavery and fear. Replace the leer of the minstrel's burnt-cork face with a proud, serene and classic bronze of Benin.”

Source : Dudley Randall (2009). “Roses and Revolutions: The Selected Writings of Dudley Randall”, p.185, Wayne State University Press
“Being able to do something that's never been done before, that's what I've always wanted to do. . . . There was nothing that was going to stand in my way of being the first.”
“I never make a distinction between doing a film in Hollywood or doing a film independently. It's just the story. It's always the story for me. The constants are that it should challenge me and I shouldn't repeat myself. And the story should always be a story worth telling.”

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