"The word of knowledge, strictly employed, implies three things: truth, proof, and conviction."

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Richard Whately

#Understanding Quotes #Three Quotes #Conviction Quotes

“Oh, may your silhouette never dissolve on the beach; may your eyelids never flutter into the empty distance. Don't leave me for a second, my dearest.”
“When I saw my box after that, it was even more special for me.”
“All the Chicago demonstrators wanted to do was to sleep in the park and kick policemen with razor blades in their shoes.”
“Everyone knew in the 1950s why a girl from a nice family left home. The meaning of her theft of herself from her parents was clear to all - as well as what she'd be up to in that room of her own.”

Source : Joyce Johnson (1999). “Minor Characters: A Beat Memoir”, p.86, Penguin
“I was six foot one inch when I started fighting, but with all the uppercuts I'm up to six foot five inches.”
“Instantly, the noise stopped. The whole room lay in perfect silence. The tire builders stood in long lines, touching each other, perfectly motionless, deafened by the silence.... For the first time in history, American mass-production workers had stopped a conveyor belt and halted the inexorable movement of factory machinery.”
“This generation has lost the true meaning of romance. There are so many songs that disrespect women. You canâ€™t treat the woman you love as a piece of meat. You should treat your love like a princess. Give her love songs, something with real meaning. Maybe Iâ€™m old fashioned but to respect the woman you love should be a priority.”
“Grady Nichols is the awesome new sax player for the millennium.”

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