"A scholar is committed to building on knowledge that others have gathered, correcting it, confirming it, enlarging it."

-- Parker J. Palmer

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“This Great God, Like a mammy bending over her baby, Kneeled down in the dust Toiling over a lump of clay Till He shaped it in His own image.”

Source : James Weldon Johnson (2000). “Complete Poems”, p.17, Penguin
“It's very challenging. The most important thing you need as a sportsman is to be clear on what you're actually doing.”
“My wife and I love to host wine and cheese parties. They are simple and elegant and you don't have to put a lot of effort and time into it.”
“I think Japans work really hard, and when they have a chance to listen to music, they just go crazy. And the Ramones would be a natural fit for Japan, because Japan invented the cartoon, and the Ramones, especially in Rock 'N' Roll High School, are very cartoonish. So it'd be a perfect group for them.”
“I think maybe it's too bad that our society isn't further along and this is such a big deal. I think it's time...that people realize that women in this country can do any job they want to do.”
“What are you going to focus on, that's what affects everybody's life. If you focus on what you can't control, you're a little crazy inside, angry and depressed. If you focus most of the time on what you don't have instead of what you do have, you're going to be extremely unhappy.”
“God has given you two ears--that should tell you something about the importance of listening.”
“Once cats were all wild, but afterward they retired to houses.”

Source : Edward Topsell (1981). “Histories of Beasts”, Burnham Incorporated Pub

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