"We are not here in this world to drift like seaweed. Whatever intelligence we have, it is our duty to drive to the utmost."

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Source : Michael Foot (1984). “Another heart and other pulses: the alternative to the Thatcher society”, HarperCollins

Blanche Willis Howard

#World Quotes #This World Quotes #Duty Quotes

“I bet on everything. Everything. It's just like, 'I bet you I can spin my chair longer.' Everything, I say 'I bet you.' I love to win.”
“I combine aspects of many styles of music and create my own musical forms by way of electronic instruments.”
“I attended the elementary school at Schweinfurt and the secondary school.”
“Deconstruction seems to offer a way out of the closure of knowledge. By inaugurating the open-ended indefiniteness of textuality-by thus 'placing in the abyss' (mettre en abime), as the French expression would literally have it-it shows us the lure of the abyss as freedom. The fall into the abyss of deconstruction inspires us with as much pleasure as fear. We are intoxicated with the prospect of never hitting bottom”
“The skeletons of the plants are for me as important as the flowers.”
“There is no closer bond than the one that gratefulness celebrates, the bond between giver and thanksgiver. Everything is a gift. Grateful living is a celebration of the universal give-and-take of life, a limitless yes to belonging. Can our world survive without gratefulness? Whatever the answer, one thing is certain: to say an unconditional yes to the mutual belonging of all beings will make this a more joyful world. This is the reason why Yes is my favorite synonym for God.”
“I'm a much healthier eater and I've lost quite a bit of weight over the years.”
“It isn't about singing a particular hymn or reciting a prayer â€“ it's about a relationship with your Heavenly Father who loves and cares for you.”

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