"nothing is slower than the true birth of a man"

-- Marguerite Yourcenar

#Men Quotes #Birth Quotes

“So great was the preference given to sacred over profane learning that Christianity had been in existence fifteen hundred years, and had not produced a single astronomer.”

Source : John William Draper (1875). “History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science: By John William Draper ...”, p.158, New York, D. Appleton
“Studying the martial Way is like climbing a cliff: keep going forward without rest. Resting is not permissible because it causes recessions to old adages of achievement. Persevering day in, day out improves techniques, but resting one day causes lapses. This must be prevented.”
“All I do is WIN, WIN, WIN no matter what”
“I found out life's hard but it ain't impossible....”

Source : August Wilson, Laurence Fishburne (2008). “Two trains running”
“No state, no government exists. What does in fact exist is a man, or a few men, in power over many men.”

Source : "Give Me Liberty". Book by Rose Wilder Lane, 1936.
“Hurricane Katrina reiterated the need for [access to] medical records, ... ... But there's going to be a lot more needed than $4 million.”
“There's a reason that so much good material is coming down to the small presses: it's difficult to turn a profit, all things considered. But you can't go into small press publishing and complain about the money. Our Little Island publishing just needs to survive. If we're still around in a few years - in vaguely the same shape as we are today - then, to me, that's success.”

Source : Source: www.3ammagazine.com
“It's a joke to think that anyone is one thing. We're all such complex creatures. But if I'm going to be a poster child for anything, anger's a gorgeous emotion. It gets a bad rap, but it can make great changes happen.”

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