"I had seen the great, but I had not seen the small."

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Source : "Reason for Changing his Democratic Opinions" as quoted in "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, (p. 93), 1922.

Vittorio Alfieri

“The wind is the appalling enemy. It is mind-destroying, physically-destroying, soul-destroying.”

Source : Chris Bonington (1973). “The Ultimate Challenge: The Hardest Way Up the Highest Mountain in the World”, Scarborough House
“Our need will be the real creator.”
“Let us hope, I prayed, that a kind Providence will put a speedy end to the acts of God under which we have been laboring.”
“It's a really special night for our fans. It's vindication.”
“I love you so passionately, that I hide a great part of my love, so as not to oppress you with it.”
“For me, the more I live, the more I need to write. The more I push myself to really live and really experience things and step outside of my comfort zone, the more the songs are allowed to flow.”

Source : "The sensation of writing is the same for me as taking a pee". Interview with Sarah Rowland, www.esquire.com. November 11, 2014.
“Forth in thy name,O Lord, I go, My daily labour to pursue. Thee, only thee, resolved to know, In all I think or speak or do.”
“There are people who haven't faced the reality of what has gone on in Iraq. They still think that the old central state is going to be put back together again. It's not going to happen in Kurdistan. It's not going to happen in the south. It's not going to happen in Baghdad.”

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