"It began in images and it ended in symbolism."

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Source : "Mystic Trudeau: The Fire and the Rose". Book by B. W. Powe, 2007.

B. W. Powe

#Symbolism Quotes

“pity and charity may be at root an attempt to propitiate the dark powers that have not touched us yet.”
“It is not the way to convert a sinner to knock him down first and then reason with him.”

Source : "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 411, 1895.
“Nothing is a violent as football and I bet you like. Just say you don't like it, or can't identify, don't come up with excuses like "It's too violent" while you wear some team's NFL jersey.”

Source : "The Chat House with Michael Wilbon: Michigan State, Tiger Woods, Great Sports Movies and More". Live chat, www.washingtonpost.com. April 6, 2009.
“Woe is me! Bitter is me! For what is my life? Why didn't the ship go under and drown me before I came to America?”
“The student of Nature wonders the more and is astonished the less, the more conversant he becomes with her operations; but of all the perennial miracles she offers to his inspection, perhaps the most worthy of admiration is the development of a plant or of an animal from its embryo.”
“I guess why the Ocean's films are hard for me is because on the one hand you have to make sure the performances are there, but on the other hand it's a film that demands, to my mind, a very layered and complex visual scheme. That takes a lot of time to figure out.”
“I'm a tough old broad from Brooklyn. Don't try to make me into something I'm not. If you want someone to tiptoe down the Barkley staircase in crinoline and politely ask where the cattle went, get another girl.”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.
“That name was a kind of joke, and not a very good one. An author, Leon Lederman, wanted to call it 'that ***** particle' because it was clear it was going to be a tough job finding it experimentally. His editor wouldn't have that, and he said 'okay, call it the God particle', and the editor accepted it. I don't think he should've have done, because it's so misleading.”

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