"public work brings a vicarious but assured sense of immortality. We may be poor, weak, timid, in debt to our landlady, bullied by our nieces, stiff in the joints, shortsighted and distressed; we shall perish, but the cause endures; the cause is great."

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Winifred Holtby

#Niece Quotes #Debt Quotes #May Quotes

“You have a gift that can make you rich. Everyone does.”
“When a happy person comes into the room, it is as if another candle has been lit.”
“Do not think your single vote does not matter much. The rain that refreshes the parched ground is made up of single drops.”
“As soon as I had seen Fay Wray and spoken with her for a few minutes, I knew I had found the right girl.”
“In requiring this candor and simplicity of mind in those who would investigate the truth of our religion, Christianity demands nothing more than is readily conceded to every branch of human science.”

Source : Simon Greenleaf (1995). “The Testimony of the Evangelists: The Gospels Examined by the Rules of Evidence”, p.12, Kregel Publications
“It is not for me to change you. The question is, how can I be of service to you without diminishing your degrees of freedom?”
“I've got a strength and conditioning coach, a weights coach, but I've also got a nutritionist, a physiotherapist and a masseur available to me if I need it. It's quite a good network. I've also got sports scientists who record the technical information, so that, after the race, we can analyse the video and check comparisons between, not only me and the other competitors, but me and my best performance. I couldn't do it without these guys, but I'm the one who gets all the credit.”
“I did not enter the Labour Party 47 years ago to have our manifesto written by Dr Mori, Dr Gallup and Mr Harris”

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