"According to this view of the matter, there is nothing casual in the formation of Metamorphic Rocks. All strata, once buried deep enough, (and due TIME allowed!!!) must assume that state,-none can escape. All records of former worlds must ultimately perish."

-- John Herschel

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“As you may know, previously as Attorney General and now as Governor, I have supported legislation to close the gun show loophole in North Carolina.”
“There are people who drove me crazy, but they got the job done. And when I see that person again, I nod my head. Respect.”
“Prejudice is a raft onto which the shipwrecked mind clambers and paddles to safety.”
“Healthy moms mean healthy families. When my Republican colleagues held a hearing about birth control and refused to include a single woman on the first panel as a witness, I asked, "Where are the women?"”

Source : Carolyn Maloney's Speech at Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, www.politico.com. September 4, 2012.
“Banks introduced the installment plan. The disappearance of cash and the coming of the credit card changed the shape of life in the United States.”
“I was nearly a teen-ager before I stopped assuming that everyone I met was Jewish.”

Source : "Kenneth Lonergan Discusses 'Margaret'". Interview with Richard Brody, www.newyorker.com.
“It (the dash ) is a comfortable punctuation mark since even the most rigorous critic can seldom claim that any particular example of it is a misuse. Its overuse is its greatest danger, and the writer who can't resist dashes may be suspected of uncoordinated thinking.”
“Look to your experience in dreams to know how you will fare in death. Look to your experience of sleep to discover whether or not you are truly awake.”

Source : Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, Mark Dahlby (2004). “The Tibetan Yogas of Dream and Sleep”, p.17, Motilal Banarsidass Publ.

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