"I am of certain convinced that the greatest heroes are those who do their duty in the daily grind of domestic affairs whilst the world whirls as a maddening dreidel."

-- Florence Nightingale

#Hero Quotes #Nurse Quotes #World Quotes

“New York was an idea, I thought, an idea held simultaneously by thirteen million people.”

Source : Nancy Pickard (1993). “But I Wouldn't Want to Die There: A Jenny Cain Mystery”, Thorndike Pr
“Man is not above nature, but in nature.”

Source : Ernst Haeckel (1897). “The evolution of man: a popular exposition of the principal points of human ontogeny and phylogeny”
“The proverbial thirteenth chime of the clock - is not only wrong itself, but calls into question everything that came before it.”
“A vivid portrait of a teenage girl and her family in disarray. Meredith is a wonderful narrator, witty, feisty, full of yearning, and the story she tells is as complicated as life itself. This is a richly satisfying novel.”
“I like fireworks too, but I set them off in gardens or kebab stands. I never set fire to my own house.”
“Hip Hop Sisters is going strong. Our signature initiative is #EducateOurMen, whereby we have the pleasure, the enjoyment, as well as having received the blessings from above to send young men to further their education.”

Source : "MC Lyte's Current Mission Is To Educate The Next Generation Of Hip-Hop Leaders". Interview with MC Lyte, www.blogarama.com. August 23, 2016.
“Some argue that now isn't the time to push the green agenda - that all efforts should be on preventing a serious recession. That is a false choice. It fails to recognise that climate change and our carbon reliance is part of problem - high fuel prices and food shortages due to poor crop yields compound today's financial difficulties.”

Source : "Saving the economy or saving the planet is not an either-or" by Lucy Powell, www.theguardian.com. October 17, 2008.
“My writing derived from the conviction I conceived during my college years: one should lead one's life as if one were the protagonist of an epic novel, with the outcome predetermined and chapter after chapter of edifying, traumatic, and exhilarating events to be suffered through. Since the end is known in advance, one must try to experience as much as possible in the brief time allotted. Writing is a way of ensuring that you pay enough attention along the way to understand what you see.”

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