"what are we all sent into the world for, but to be of use to each other?"

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Source : Emily Eden (1860). “The Semi-detached House”, p.231

Emily Eden

#Use Quotes #World Quotes

“In these days when we feed those who are not hungry, we are stealing from those who are starving, even though the food is our own.”
“There is no happiness without patriotism.”
“I like doing fight scenes. I always have, and I insist on doing as much of that action as they'll let me do. I think that's easy for me.”

Source : "Noomi Rapace Interview" by John Scott Lewinski, www.askmen.com.
“There is this tremendous amount of arrogance and hubris, where somebody can look at something for five minutes and dismiss it. Whether you talk about gaming or 20th century classical music, you can't do it in five minutes. You can't listen to 'The Rite of Spring' once and understand what Stravinsky was all about.”
“I have a resistance to change in things that I feel comfortable with and that I'm used to.”
“If you want to know how important Portland is to me, there's no Saturday night gigs here. They weren't available. So our whole thing coming into Portland, which is going to be different from anybody else, any other city, is every night is Saturday night.”
“Christ is the Morning Star, who, when the night of this world is past, gives to his saints the promise of the light of life, and opens everlasting day.”
“I've never seen a woman half as beautiful as Jennifer Love Hewitt.”

Source : "Family secrets" by Chris Heath, www.theguardian.com. September 2, 2001.

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