"The first great thing is to find yourself and for that you need solitude and contemplation - at least sometimes. I can tell you deliverance will not come from the rushing noisy centers of civilization. It will come from the lonely places."

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Fridtjof Nansen

#Lonely Quotes #Civilization Quotes #Rushing Quotes

“Burning is no answer.”
“We must not fail to recognise that television can be a hugely positive influence in children's lives, one of the greatest educators in contemporary society and an increasing influence on all the children followed in 'Child of Our Time.'”

Source : "Seeing is believing" by Robert Winston, www.theguardian.com. January 7, 2004.
“It is beautiful, beautiful to give; one of the very most beautiful things in life.”

Source : Elizabeth von Arnim (2016). “Fräulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther”, p.60, Elizabeth von Arnim
“My dad was a janitor for U.S. Radium Corporation, and he stayed there for 37 years. So he didn't read.”
“I felt a variation of the fear that a lot of gay people have, that their families will reject them. I thought if I were to come out to the world then I would risk losing them.”

Source : Source: www.motherjones.com
“If a thing's worth doing, it's worth overdoing. (Lazarus Long)”
“Deal-making goes on with any job.”
“I was obliged to be industrious. Whoever is equally industrious will succeed equally well.”

Source : Johann Sebastian Bach, Richard Stokes (2000). “The Complete Church and Secular Cantatas”, p.18, Scarecrow Press

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