"noise is a pollution."

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Source : Sylvia Townsend Warner, Claire Harman (1994). “The diaries of Sylvia Townsend Warner”, Virago Pr

Sylvia Townsend Warner

#Noise Quotes #Pollution Quotes

“I said to my husband, 'my ***** have gone, my stomach's gone, say something nice about my legs.' He said, 'Blue goes with everything.'”
“The family trees of Karl and Paula Bonhoeffer are everywhere so laden with figures of accomplishment that one might expect future generations to be burdened by it all. But the welter of wonderfulness that was their heritage seemed to have been a boon, one that buoyed them up so that each child seems not only to have stood on the shoulders of giants but also to have danced on them.”

Source : Eric Metaxas (2011). “Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy”, p.21, Thomas Nelson Inc
“I have not had the chance to go out there and do myself justice in an Olympic marathon yet. I have not been able to get to an Olympic marathon injury-free yet.”

Source : "Paula Radcliffe plans to run on past London 2012 Olympics". www.theguardian.com. May 27, 2010.
“In fact, most deaths are not tragic. Few people die because of a flaw in character, which is the essential element of tragedy. They just die.”

Source : John Chancellor (1995). “The New News Business: A Guide to Writing and Reporting”, Harper Perennial
“Think about it: Heart disease and diabetes, which account for more deaths in the U.S. and worldwide than everything else combined, are completely preventable by making comprehensive lifestyle changes. Without drugs or surgery.”
“Changing the world doesn't happen all at once. It isn't a big bang. It's an evolution, the sum of a billion tiny sparks. And some of those sparks will have to come from you.”
“Why live? Life was its own answer. Life was the propagation of more life and the living of as good a life as possible.”
“I'm a jerk, that's who I am. I'm like everybody else.”

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