"London, ... like a bowl of viscid human fluid, boils sullenly over the rim of its encircling hills and slops messily into the home counties."

-- H. G. Wells

#Home Quotes #London Quotes #Hills Quotes

“Plans are of little importance, but planning is essential.”
“In an era when careerism dominates the campus, is it too much to expect students to go beyond their private interests, learn about the world around them, develop a sense of civic and social responsibility, and discover how they can contribute to the common good?”

Source : Ernest L. Boyer (1997). “Ernest L. Boyer, Selected Speeches, 1979-1995”, Jossey-Bass
“Any theology that is indifferent to the theme of liberation is not Christian theology.”

Source : James H. Cone (1970). “A Black Theology of Liberation”, p.9, Orbis Books
“When you're in a dark place, and your light is going to run out before too long, you get on with things. It's a wonder to me how few people apply that same logic to their lives.”

Source : Mark Lawrence (2013). “Emperor of Thorns”, p.152, Penguin
“Da Vinci painted one Mona Lisa. Beethoven composed one Fifth Symphony. And God made one version of you.”
“What is wrong with looking muscular? Muscles are beautiful. Strength is beautiful. Muscle tissue is beautiful. It is metabolically, medically, and philosophically beautiful. Muscles retreat when they're not used, but they will always come back if you give them good reason. No matter how old you get, your muscles never lose hope. Few cells of the body are as capable as muscle cells are of change and reformation, of achievement and transcendence.”

Source : Natalie Angier (1999). “Woman: An Intimate Geography”, p.338, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“I stick to simple themes. Love. Hate. No nuances. I stay away from psychoanalyst's couch scenes. Couches are good for one thing.”
“At the time, the only options were playing the local county fair. Now with American Idol and younger recording artists that have come out, there is more of an opportunity.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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