"I don't do any research. It's all about gut. Editing - it's always about gut."

-- Graydon Carter

#Editing Quotes #Research Quotes #Guts Quotes

“just because people are fat, it doesn't mean they are well fed. The cheapest foods are the fattening ones, not the most nourishing.”
“When the Europeans first arrived in North America, the average depth of the topsoil was 53.34 cm (1Â¾ ft) and it was rich in the types of symbiotic organisms necessary for plant roots to absorb minerals from the soil. Today North America averages around 15.24 cm (6 in) of topsoil and most if it is exhausted of nutrients and much is devoid of life.”

Source : "Threshold: The Progressive Plan to Pull America Back from the Brink". Book by Thom Hartmann, p.22, July 23, 2009.
“The Dead and Those About to Die is a gripping, first-hand account of the desperate battle for Omaha Beach on D-Day by the legendary 1st Infantry Division, the Big Red One. On the 70th anniversary of that momentous event, John C. McManusâ€™s tale of courage under fire is a vivid reminder that freedom isnâ€™t free and that when the chips are down stalwart American soldiers will always answer the call of duty.”
“And when I was born, I drew in the common air, and fell upon the earth, which is of like nature; and the first voice which I uttered was crying, as all others do.”
“My life has never been easy. It's like all the major events of my life have always been difficult.”
“If fact were enough, you could take a photo of the subject. Unlike the sensitive observer, however, the camera never selects or comments, never adds or subtracts.”
“We have to come back to something like ordinary language after all when we want to talk "about" mathematics!”

Source : Harold Jeffreys, Bertha Jeffreys (1999). “Methods of Mathematical Physics”, p.2, Cambridge University Press
“And no matter how serious an environmental problem the automobile poses in today's big city, the horse was dirtier, smelled worse, killed and maimed more people, and congested the streets just as much.”

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