"I realized early on that the academy and the literary world alike - and I don't think there really is a distinction between the two - are always dominated by fools, knaves, charlatans and bureaucrats. And that being the case, any human being, male or female, of whatever status, who has a voice of her or his own, is not going to be liked."

-- Harold Bloom

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“From what has been said, it would appear that the possibility of thyroid deficiency should be considered, and if found, should be treated in any woman with a menstrual abnormality or a reproductive problem. It was generally agree that correction of thyroid deficiency solved many such abnormalities and problems - until about 1940.”
“I know there is pressure to present a nice tidy story as regards 'apparent unprecedented warming in a thousand years or more in the proxy data' but in reality the situation is no quite so simple.”

Source : "Controversy behind climate science's 'hockey stick' graph" by Fred Pearce, www.theguardian.com. February 2, 2010.
“I wanted to make a record with a twist. I wanted to prove that you could make a record that concentrated on song craft but that was still fun, something you could listen to and love and even dance to, but not hate yourself in the morning. I think I did that. Most of my lyrics come from my own personal journals that I have kept over the years.”
“When I did comedy I made fun of myself. If there was a buffoon, I played the buffoon.”
“If you would lift me up you must be on higher ground.”
“If you will look into the Science of Spirit you will see that your life is meant to be sustained by the Science of God and not by the science of matter.”

Source : Emma Curtis Hopkins (2012). “Scientific Christian Mental Practice”, p.9, Jazzybee Verlag
“We have reached the time when it is morally right to "shoot the bastards", but it is not yet practical to do so.”
“To pass through the door that leads to God's kingdom, we must go down on our knees.”

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