"As I passed along the side walls of Westminster Abbey, I hardly saw any thing but marble monuments of great admirals, but which were all too much loaded with finery and ornaments, to make on me at least, the intended impression."

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Source : Karl Philipp Moritz (2010). “Travels in England in 1782”, p.55, BoD – Books on Demand

Karl Philipp Moritz

#Wall Quotes #Ornaments Quotes #Too Much Quotes

“I think to have the skill set and the ability to physically help others in matters of life and death must be incredibly empowering.”
“The word of God is a tree of life that offers us blessed fruit from each of its branches. It is like that rock which was struck open in the wilderness, from which all were offered spiritual drink. Be glad then that you are overwhelmed, and do not be saddened because he has overcome you. A thirsty person is happy when drinking, and not depressed, because the spring is inexhaustible. You can satisfy your thirst without exhausting the spring; then when you thirst again, you can drink from it once more.”
“I think that not only do saints make poor role models, they are incapable in one sense of identifying radically with those of us who are mere mortals. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s mortality says to us that here's a figure who got up every day of his life facing tremendous odds and yet overcame them.”
“Let the wealth of remembrances past be the link of friendship treasured.”

Source : Robert Evans (2006). “The Kid Stays in the Picture”, p.437, Phoenix Books, Inc.
“A shy kid might look longingly at other kids playing in the schoolyard, afraid and unsure about how to approach them, but an introvert is perfectly content on her own.”
“A brother's sufferings claim a brother's pity.”
“I took a lot of time off after Mobsters and although I did something I had never done before, which was to direct a play, The Laughter Epidemic, it felt like a vacation.”

Source : "Christian Slater: Clean Slater". Interview with Stephen Rebello, movieline.com. July 1, 1993.
“Linguistic philosophers continue to argue that probably music is not a language, that is in the philosophical debate. Another point of view is to say that music is a very profound language.”

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