"The earth in its rapid motion round the sun possesses a degree of living force so vast that, if turned into the equivalent of heat, its temperature would be rendered at least one thousand times greater than that of red-hot iron, and the globe on which we tread would in all probability be rendered equal in brightness to the sun itself."

-- James Prescott Joule

#Iron Quotes #Earth Quotes #Brightness Quotes

“These different people that I play become the loves of my life.”
“Trifles discover a character, more than actions of importance.”
“When you wish for something over and over again and it doesn't come true, something else happens; not only do you give up, but you resent your wish and you resent wishing.”

Source : Elna Baker (2009). “The New York Regional Mormon Singles Halloween Dance: A Memoir”, p.62, Penguin
“UG staff is patching up wargs, and all surviving Guardians are tied up," Wraith said, "But they could probably use some medical attention. Especially the one dipshit with the idiotic Mohawk. He lost a lot of blood." "Because you ate him," Sin said wryly. Wraith blinked with exaggerated innocence. "Fighting makes me hungry.”
“Modern man listens more willingly to witnesses than to teachers, and if he does listen to teachers, it is because they are witnesses,”

Source : Catholic Church. Pope (1963-1978 : Paul VI), Pope Paul VI (1976). “On evangelization in the modern world: Apostolic exhortation Evangelii nuntiandi, December 8, 1975”
“I am not going to say that people who enter the military are doing anything wrong. As I often jokingly tell my students, "Many of my best of friends are in the military!" But it's true. Perhaps not in the Aristotelian sense of the word "friendship" but on so many other levels that matter, we are truly friends.”
“I walked exclusively on the sidewalks. I was a city girl. I've never been countrified.”
“TheÂ environmentÂ must be rich in motives which lend interest to activity and invite the child to conduct his own experiences.”

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