"This is a very grave matter, punishable by...well, I do not exactly know what, but something rather severe, I should imagine."

-- Susanna Clarke

#Matter Quotes #Imagine Quotes #Should Quotes

“Philosophy [nature] is written in that great book which ever is before our eyes -- I mean the universe -- but we cannot understand it if we do not first learn the language and grasp the symbols in which it is written. The book is written in mathematical language, and the symbols are triangles, circles and other geometrical figures, without whose help it is impossible to comprehend a single word of it; without which one wanders in vain through a dark labyrinth.”
“Knowledge is going to make you stronger. Knowledge is going to let you control your life. Knowledge is going to give you the wisdom to teach their children. Knowledge is the thing that makes you smile in the face of disaster.”
“Israel lost its war. Will Assad's enemies lose, too?”
“The key to developing the courage to change is to first accept that change is inevitable.”
“I always believe that, as you start out, while you should have a big dream - a big goal - but it's also important to move step by step. So, you know, frankly, if you ask me, when I started as a management trainee in 1984, I don't know that I really thought that I would become the CEO.”

Source : "Talk Asia", www.cnn.com. August 17, 2012.
“I'm still the same artist; it's just different sides of me. I'm learning to be a little bit more confident in myself and I think that's something that all of us girls struggle with. It's really about defining your confidence.”

Source : "Jamie Lynn Spears Is All Grown Up and Taking the Country Music Scene by Storm". Interview with Popsugar, www.popsugar.com. June 23, 2016.
“Itâ€™s very dear to me, the issue of gay marriage. Or as I like to call it: â€˜marriage.â€™ You know, because I had lunch this afternoon, not gay lunch. I parked my car; I didnâ€™t gay park it.”
“I think people who write for kids, we have that ability to go back into our own lives.”

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