"I had forgotten what it was like, to be drawn to a person...I'd forgotten how your blood flows toward a person when they move, so that all at once you know what the pull of gravity feels like. and you know that this is something strong and important, something that you need for life, this woman moving through the room."

-- Jane Hamilton

#Strong Quotes #Moving Quotes #Blood Quotes

“People, although having their own cross to carry, can minister to others through their own pain.”
“I hate people who think it's clever to take drugs... like custom officers.”
“I think Americans are probably getting sick of us Australians trying to take their jobs.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“The type and formula of most schemes of philanthropy or humanitarianism is this: A and B put their heads together to decide what C shall be made to do for D. The radical vice of all these schemes, from a sociological point of view, is that C is not allowed a voice in the matter, and his position, character, and interests, as well as the ultimate effects on society through C's interests, are entirely overlooked. I call C the Forgotten Man.”

Source : William Graham Sumner (1903). “What Social Classes Owe to Each Other”, p.107, Ludwig von Mises Institute
“Here is a fact: nothing in all civilization has been as productive as ludicrous ambition. Whatever its ills, nothing has created more. Cathedrals, sonatas, encyclopedias: love of God was not behind them, nor love of life. But the love of man to be worshiped by man.”
“And of all plagues with which mankind are curst, Ecclesiastic tyranny's the worst.”
“Our belief systems are the glasses through which we each view the world and anticipate what is likely to unfold. Our behavior is always loyal with our beliefs.”
“A kiss on the hand may be quite continental, But Diamonds are a girl's best friend.”

Source : "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" (song) (1949) See Advertising Slogans 39; Loos 2

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