"Fate is usually swift when she deals a blow."

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Source : Baroness Orczy (2013). “The Scarlet Pimpernel”, p.90, House of Stratus

Baroness Orczy

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“I see the mycelium as the Earth's natural Internet, a consciousness with which we might be able to communicate. Through cross-species interfacing, we may one day exchange information with these sentient cellular networks. Because these externalized neurological nets sense any impression upon them, from footsteps to falling tree branches, they could relay enormous amounts of data regarding the movements of all organisms through the landscape.”

Source : Paul Stamets (2011). “Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World”, p.31, Ten Speed Press
“I know there's bands that might write something that sounds like The Smiths, and they'll go, 'Oh, it sounds like The Smiths, we've got to make it sound not like The Smiths.'”
“It's not a question of getting the opportunities, it's a question of noticing that opportunities are there.”
“If you look at things that really affect people's lives - sport, the arts, charities - they were always at the back of the queue for government money - health, social security, defence, pensions were all way ahead. And each of those areas - sports, the arts, the lottery - got relatively petty cash from the government.”
“She wants to see the goals in the bill become a reality.”
“Keep in mind that the tendency to be judgmental - toward yourself or another person - is a good barometer of how anxious or stressed out you are. Judging others is simply the flip side of judging yourself.”

Source : FaceBook post by Harriet Lerner from Oct 26, 2014
“The income tax is a twentieth-century socialist experiment that has failed. Before the income tax was imposed on us just 80 years ago, government had no claim to our income. Only sales, excise, and tariff taxes were allowed.”
“Day is just a collection of hours.”

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