"Just as soon as any conviction of important truth becomes central and vital, there comes the desire to utter it a desire which is immediate and irresistible. Sacrifice is gladness, service is joy, when such an idea becomes a commanding power."

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Source : "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, (p. 606), 1895.

Richard Salter Storrs

#Truth Quotes #Sacrifice Quotes #Ideas Quotes

“Meaning makes a great many things endurable---per haps everything.”
“Unfortunately, in the environment, I don't see as much willingness to invest heavily in R&D as I do in consumer technology. And that's a pity.”
“If there is a single power the West underestimates, it is the power of collective hatred.”

Source : Ralph Peters (2001). “Fighting for the Future: Will America Triumph?”, p.13, Stackpole Books
“In the late nineties, Katy Grannan began making haunting photographs of people who had extraordinary inner yens to be seen by strangers.”
“Soothing touch, whether it be applied to a ruffled cat, a crying infant, or a frightened child, has a universally recognized power to ameliorate the signs of distress. How can it be that we overlook its usefulness on the jangled adult as well? What is it that leads us to assume that the stressed child merely needs â€œcomforting,â€ while the stressed adult needs â€œmedicineâ€?”
“I could never just play in a pub in front of four people because I would have had all the press turn up. That way, you don't get to build up naturally. It makes the work feel unnatural, and puts a lot of unnatural pressure on you.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Being born not long after the war meant that money was tight. I grew up in a rural corner of Lincolnshire and my father worked on local farms. Being one of nine kids meant we didn't have much.”

Source : Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Our conception of 1950s underwear is a lovely vintage aesthetic, but actually, wearing stockings with no elastic and a girdle was heavy duty.”

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