"... appeals to memory were never perfectly answered."

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Source : Mavis Gallant (2016). “A Fairly Good Time: with Green Water, Green Sky”, p.52, New York Review of Books

Mavis Gallant

#Memories Quotes #Appeals Quotes

“Sometimes, the only way of doing something is to do it.”

Source : John Lanchester (2012). “Capital”, p.256, Faber & Faber
“Health, longevity, beauty, are other names for personal purity; and temperance is the regimen for all.”
“In science the new is an advance; but in morals, as contradicting our inner ideals and historic idols, it is ever a retrogression.”
“Fortunately for common sense, psychological research has shown that babies with more than one attachment are less distressed whenmother leaves to go to work. They are more content and playful in the presence of other adults, meaning that they feel secure with people other than Mother.”
“To say that there is a soul in stones simply in order to account for their production is unsatisfactory: for their production is not like the reproduction of living plants, and of animals which have senses. For all these we see reproducing their own species from their own seeds; and a stone does not do this at all. We never see stones reproduced from stones; ... because a stone seems to have no reproductive power at all.”

Source : Saint Albertus Magnus (1967). “Book of Minerals”
“I'm terrible with my workout regime and following it strictly. I'm terrible with a healthy diet and following it strictly. I'm terrible on the weekends about getting up at reasonable hours and all of those things. But, when it comes to my work and the discipline it takes to get to work on time - I hate unprofessionalism.”
“Finally it may be said that the temple endowment is not secret. All who meet the requirements for entrance to the temple may enjoy it.”
“We all tend to go to extremes; some rely only on their own preparation and look for nothing more; others, as I say, tend to despise preparation and trust to the unction, the anointing and the inspiration of the Spirit alone. But there must be no "either/or" here; it is always "both/and." These two things must go together.”

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