"The body of the Earth, large, sluggish and inapt for motion, is not to be disturbed by movement (especially three movements), any more than the Aetherial Lights [stars] are to be shifted, so that such ideas are opposed both to physical principles and to the authority of the Holy Writ which many time: confirms the stability of the Earth (as we shall discuss more fully elsewhere)."

-- Tycho Brahe

#Stars Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Light Quotes

“Decisions are constantly before us. To make them wisely, courage is needed-the courage to say no, the courage to say yes. Decisions do determine destiny. I plead with you to make a determination right here, right now, not to deviate from the path which will lead to our goal: eternal life with our Father in Heaven.”
“Institutions develop because people put a lot of trust in them, they meet real needs, they represent important aspirations, whether it's monasteries, media, or banks, people begin by trusting these institutions, and gradually the suspicion develops that actually they're working for themselves, not for the community.”

Source : "Rowan Williams says goodbye to Canterbury in BBC documentary" by Maev Kennedy, www.theguardian.com. December 28, 2012.
“I grew up with the smell of the lake and the feeling of the woods.”
“But we comforted ourselves with what we really meant to say, which was: "I don't normally feel this good about what I'm doing." Measure the hope of that moment, that feeling. Everything else will be measured against it.”
“Words can be very powerful. I find them very difficult.”

Source : "Roxy Music legend Bryan Ferry unwinds in Paris" by Talia Soghomonian, December 2002.
“We dream every night, all the time.”

Source : "The Edge of Dreaming". PBS Live Chat, www.pbs.org. August 24, 2010.
“There is no one who can move and mime and clown like Bill [Irwin].And Aubrey Plaza, she gets to embody all these different characters. That's what's exciting about this show [X-men], is the unusual casting.”

Source : Source: www.ign.com
“Everyday I think about dying About disease, starvation, violence, terrorism, war, the end of the world. It helps keep my mind off things.”

Source : Roger McGough (1989). “Selected poems, 1967-1987”, Jonathan Cape

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