"My favorite thing in the world is a quiz show, 'University Challenge,' so you can see what kind of sad person I am."

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Lynne Truss

#Challenges Quotes #World Quotes #Favorites Things Quotes

“I go to Saint Barth in the French West Indies for two weeks each year. That place is amazing. Amazing people, beautiful beaches, great wine, wonderful harbors... It's incredibly romantic.”
“Friendship- my definition- is built on two things. Respect and trust. Both elements have to be there. And it has to be mutual. You can have respect for someone, but if you don't have trust, the friendship will crumble.”
“We need to reduce our dependence on foreign sources of energy.”
“Religion is not so bad, unless you believe it.”

Source : David Eller (2007). “Atheism Advanced: Further Thoughts of a Freethinker”
“It has always been difficult for historians to fully grasp the intelligence of painters.”
“By giving every American access to quality, affordable health care, they will create a more competitive, a stronger and more secure America!”
“Nothing could be more reckless than to base one's moral philosophy on the latest pronouncements of science.”
“The absorption of oxygen and the elimination of carbon dioxide in the lungs take place by diffusion alone. There is no trustworthy evidence of any regulation of this process on the part of the organism.”

Source : August Krogh (1977). “Respiratory adaptations, capillary exchange, and reflex mechanisms: proceedings of the August Krogh Centenary Symposium held in Srinagar, Kashmir (India), October 11-15, 1974”

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