"Enthusiasm is very catching, especially when it is very eloquent."

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Source : Mary Russell Mitford (1870). “The Life of Mary Russell Mitford ; Related in an Selection from Her Letters to Her Friends. Ed. by A.G. Estrange”, p.11

Mary Russell Mitford

#Enthusiasm Quotes #Catching Quotes #Eloquent Quotes

“I suppose, if someone was into baseball for an extended period of time during their formative years, they're always going to be interested in it.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“I don't make culture. I sell it.”
“We must neither behave as children by resisting honesty, nor allow ourselves to be treated as children by having honesty withheld.”

Source : John H. McWhorter (2000). “Losing the Race: Self-sabotage in Black America”, p.151, Simon and Schuster
“The U.S. is a great government, is a great country. The U.S. did sign the Paris Agreement. It's extremely aggressive to decide on its own just to leave, and no way to push the others to renegotiate because one decided to leave the floor. It doesn't fly. I think it's a big responsibility in front of history, and I'm pretty sure that my friend President Donald Trump will change his mind in the coming months or years. I do hope.”
“I am always saying, 'I don't believe in God; I believe in Al Pacino.' And that's true. If I ever get a phone call saying 'Would you like to work with Al Pacino?' I would go crazy.”
“My courage comes from my faith. I have come to one conclusion: All that I am, all that I aspire to be, all that I was before, is by the grace of God. There are so many women in Africa, and outside Africa, who are more intelligent than I am.”
“I know that certain minds would regard as audacious the idea of relating the laws which preside over the play of our organs to those laws which govern inanimate bodies; but, although novel, this truth is none the less incontestable. To hold that the phenomena of life are entirely distinct from the general phenomena of nature is to commit a grave error, it is to oppose the continued progress of science.”
“Because we have learned to believe negativity is more realistic, it appears more real than any positive voice.”

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