"It is this quality, the power of seeing order in apparent confusion, that has marked the work of all great men."

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Source : John Chadwick (2014). “The Decipherment of Linear B”, p.4, Cambridge University Press

John Chadwick

#Men Quotes #Order Quotes #Confusion Quotes

“The executioner is, I believe, very expert; and my neck is very slender”
“Anger is a signal, and one worth listening to.”
“Enjoy yourselves. And Hap: Don't let Umber near the arrows and bows; he's liable to shoot himself in the nose." Dodd grinned and snapped the reins, and the carriage rolled away. Umber sniffed. "One of his lesser poems. Come, Hap.”

Source : P. W. Catanese (2010). “Dragon Games”, p.38, Simon and Schuster
“When you live in hysteria, people start thinking emotionally.”
“Originally a stylist took terrible dresses and did everything she could to make them wonderful. Now, you create an image. It's much more specialized.”
“You think people can work all day and then pick up their kids at child care or wherever and get home and still manage to sandwich in an eight-hour vote? Well Republicans, I guess can do that. Because a lot of them have never made an honest living in their lives.”
“He's six-foot two, brave as a lion, strong as an ox and quick as lightning. If he was good looking, you'd say he has everything.”
“I was brought up in a tenement house in a working district. We didn't even have a bathroom! We had a gaslight in the hallway and a black-and-white TV.”

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