"The mixture of Sarmatic and German blood had contributed to improve the features of the Alani, to whiten their swarthy complexions, and to tinge their hair with a yellowish cast, which is seldom found in the Tartar race."

-- Edward Gibbon

#Hair Quotes #Race Quotes #Blood Quotes

“We are getting into semantics again. If we use words, there is a very grave danger they will be misinterpreted.”
“Get a day job, make your money from that, and write to please yourself.”
“Without will, without individuals, there are no heroes. But neither are there villains. And the absence of villains is as prostrating, as soul-destroying, as the absence of heroes.”

Source : Gertrude Himmelfarb (1995). “On Looking Into the Abyss: Untimely Thoughts on Culture and Society”, Vintage
“God is love. Yes or no? No.”
“I was a young kid from Long Island who wanted to do something large with her life, so I can relate to that.”
“My heroes are and were my parents. I can't see having anyone else as my heroes.”
“No discrimination, that's what we're about as a country.”
“In a war, you do whatever you have to do.”

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