"Are we likely to see rising sea-levels? Not in our lifetimes or hose of our grandchildren. It is not even clear that sea-levels have risen at all. As so often in this domain, there is conflicting evidence. The melting of polar or sea ice has no direct effect."

-- Don Aitkin

#Grandchildren Quotes #Ice Quotes #Sea Quotes

“For a while I was a completely unknown artist with no fan base and no draw in the clubs. The only people that would give me a shot were the gay clubs. Gay clubs were so open to me coming in and trying things out.”

Source : "Kiesza Makes a Sound of a Woman". Interview with Jerry Nunn, nexusradio.fm. October 9, 2015.
“I went up a pants size during my pregnancy.”
“When I came back into show business in '88 after spending 20-odd years in the civil service, it wasn't planned.”
“The microscopes that magnified the tears, studied warts and all. Still life flows on.”
“But the rose leaves herself upon the brier, For winds to kiss and grateful bees to feed.”
“Perhaps all our troubles - all the violence, obesity, illness, depression, and greed we can't overcome - began when we stopped living as Running People. Deny your nature, and it will erupt in some other, uglier way.”

Source : Christopher McDougall (2010). “Born to Run: The hidden tribe, the ultra-runners, and the greatest race the world has never seen”, p.99, Profile Books
“[Prince Humperdinck] was seventy-five minutes away from his first female murder, and he wondered if he could get his fingers to her throat before even the start of a scream. He had been practicing on giant sausages all the afternoon and had the movements down pretty pat, but then, giant sausages werenâ€™t necks and all the wishing in the world wouldnâ€™t make them so.”
“I had always wanted to be on SNL, it's not always great, but it's this leftover childhood dream.”

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