"I never could make out what those damned dots meant."

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Source : "The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations" edited Elizabeth Knowles, Oxford University Press, 2004.

Lord Randolph Churchill

#Science Quotes #Dots Quotes

“You don't really audition for Hamlet; Hamlet is one of those roles that a director or producer decides you should do it.”

Source : Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 27, 2016.
“It is finer to bring one noble human being into the world and rear it well... than to kill ten thousand.”
“My future plans are hazy, and I've yet to experience how much cartooning is in my blood and therefore how much I'll miss it. But I have some other interests, especially in music, and I will probably take the opportunity to delve into those things more deeply.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I work full-time in a used bookstore. I get up. I drink a cup of coffee. I think, The last thing I want to do is write. Then I go to the computer and write.”
“To put yourself into a situation where a mistake cannot necessarily be recouped, where the life you lose may be your own, clears the head wonderfully. It puts domestic problems back into proportion and adds an element of seriousness to your drab, routine life. Perhaps this is one reason why climbing has become increasingly hard as society has become increasingly, disproportionately, coddling.”

Source : "Our enduring desire to court deadly risk" by Peter Beaumont, www.theguardian.com. July 14, 2012.
“I know Quebecers don't want to relive old battles; they prefer to build for the future.”
“In colonial America, the father was the primary parent. . . . Over the past two hundred years, each generation of fathers has hadless authority than the last. . . . Masculinity ceased to be defined in terms of domestic involvement, skills at fathering and husbanding, but began to be defined in terms of making money. Men had to leave home to work. They stopped doing all the things they used to do.”
“I can't explain the lack of integrity among some of the leaders of our health care facilities. This is something I rarely encountered during 38 years in uniform. And so I will not defend it because it is indefensible. But I can take responsibility for it and I do.”

Source : "Shinseki resigns, but will that improve things at VA hospitals?" by Tom Cohen, Drew Griffin, Scott Bronstein, Nelli Black, www.cnn.com. May 31, 2014.

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