"The scarcity of truth is atoned for by the abundance of affidavits; if a rumor be impugned, its veracity is easily strengthened by additional emphasis of affirmation, until at last "everybody says so," and then it is undeniable."

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Source : "Sketches from Life" by Laman Blanchard. "That what Everybody Says must be True", 1846.

Samuel Laman Blanchard

#Rumor Quotes #Scarcity Quotes #Lasts Quotes

“Anytime you have any opportunity to be with the national team it's an honor and a challenge, and it is something I am looking forward to.”

Source : Source: soccerlens.com
“I've always competed in those shows. Like, I won 'Fear Factor', I did 'I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here', I did 'The Mole', 'Celebrity Apprentice' with Donald Trump. I've done a lot of those shows, all in the hope of being a blessing to my mom's organization.”
“She and Marie were Montreal girls, not trained to accompany heroes, or to hold out for dreams, but just to be patient.”

Source : Mavis Gallant (2011). “Varieties of Exile”, p.200, New York Review of Books
“I'm mad about gardening. I have an allotment on the other side of Hampstead Heath, and I keep three hens in my garden.”
“Desserts are like mistresses. They are bad for you. So if you are having one, you might as well have two.”
“Don't be rushed, be sure.”
“I just tried to come up with some honest songs. What I was writing about was real plain stuff that I wasn't sure was going to be interesting to other people. But I guess it was...I've never had any discipline whatsoever. I just wait on a song like I was waiting for lightning to strike. And eventually-usually sometime around 3 in the morning-I'll have a good idea. By the time the sun comes up, hopefully, I'll have a decent song.”
“It's true: lives do drift apart for no obvious reason. We're all busy people,we can't spend our time simply trying to stay in touch. The test of a friendship is if it can weather these inevitable gaps.”

Source : William Boyd (2003). “Any human heart: a novel”, Alfred a Knopf Inc

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