"A man given to vice is always an idealist."

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Source : Georges Bernanos (2000). “Monsieur Ouine”, p.61, U of Nebraska Press

Georges Bernanos

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“I'm not a southern lady, I'm from Pennsylvania and we speak sort of correctly there. People identify me that way and they also easily identify me on the street because of my short stature. I get picked out in many ways and no way is a burden.”
“Perhaps his tragedy is that he is the only normal writer left on earth -- and it is this that adds to his isolation and so too his so sense of guilt.”

Source : "Hear Us O Lord from Heaven Thy Dwelling Place: Stories".
“Reform must come from within, not from without. You cannot legislate for virtue.”
“The continuous capacity of genius to surpass understanding remains a human constant.”

Source : "Of Human Accomplishment". The New Criterion, www.denisdutton.com. February, 2004.
“[he brend] gotta be with my fashion I gotta be comfortable with it and want to wear it more than anyone else. So that's really my main objective when it comes to that.”

Source : Source: thesource.com
“I feel honored and privileged to have represented the USA program over the past 16 years. USA Hockey will always be a part of me and I will cherish the experiences and memories with this team.”
“When you are more awake at nights, they'll toss and turn, they'll think more, they get frustrated. And when that starts to happen, you really don't sleep even more because you're making your body tense and your mind is getting more and more active.”
“At long last, we may be returning to the original two-sided sense of the word virus, which originally signified either a life-giving substance or a deadly venom. Viruses are indeed exquisitely deadly, but they have provided the world with some of its most important innovations. Creation and destruction join together once more.”

Source : Carl Zimmer (2012). “A Planet of Viruses”, p.94, University of Chicago Press

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