"Scottish operative lodges began in the seventeenth century to admit non-operative members as accepted or gentleman masons and that by the early eighteenth century in some lodges the accepted or gentleman masons had gained the ascendancy: those lodges became, in turn speculative lodges, whilst others continued their purely operative nature. The speculative lodges eventually combined to form the Grand Lodge of Scotland in 1736."

Source : John Hamill (1986). “The Craft: A History of English Freemasonry”, HarperCollins

John Hamill

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“I wanted to keep exploring... I'm not about to choose a series of movies in which I can use the same bag of tricks and style that I used in the first film.”
“To be honest with you, I'm more of a girl's girl. I'm much more comfortable being around other girls.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Just because you "liked" my picture, doesn't mean you shouldn't call me and ask me how I'm doing. You know what's funny? If you ever owe someone a call, and it's something you're trying to avoid, notice how many times they "like" your photos until you call them back. It's an alarm, and people abuse that. They know you can see that. They know you'll see their name.”

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“Apply the way of karate to all things. Therein lies its beauty.”

Source : Gichin Funakoshi, Genwa Nakasone, Jotaro Takagi (2003). “空手道二十訓: The Spiritual Legacy of the Master”, p.63, Kodansha International
“Naturally, I mine my girlfriends lives for good anecdotes and stories - so many of their experiences find their way into my books.”
“That was the one thing about the rain that likened it to sorrow: You did your best to remain untouched, safe and dry, but if and when you failed, there came a point in which you started seeing the problem less in terms of drops than as an incessant gush, and thereby you decide you might as well get drenched.”
“The truth is not for all men, but only for those who seek it.”
“Oh, I forgot to mention it: My brother is the kind of man whom women stalk. In cooperative packs.”

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