"Davy was the type of all the jumped-up second-raters of all time."

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Source : C.P. Snow (2010). “The Search”, p.15, House of Stratus

C.P. Snow

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“If the gods do decide to wipe us out, is it such a bad thing? Maybe we've earned a little annihilation.”
“I very much regret, in appearing before you at your request, to address you on the present state of the country, and the prospect before us, that I can bring you no good tidings.”

Source : Robert Augustus Toombs (1860). “Speech of Hon. Robert Toombs: On the Crisis. Delivered Before the Georgia Legislature, December 7, 1860”, p.3
“The whole intent of Perl 5's module system was to encourage the growth of Perl culture rather than the Perl core.”
“There is a certain kind of pleasure in weeping.”
“My top priority is to stop the cuts to our public schools.”
“Anarchists are extreme libertarian socialists , "libertarian" meaning the demand for freedom from prohibition, and "socialist" meaning the demand for social equality . ...Complete freedom implies equality, since if there are rich and poor, the poor cannot be permitted to take liberties with riches. Complete equality implies freedom, since those who suffer restrictions cannot be the equals of those who impose them.”

Source : Donald Rooum (2016). “What is Anarchism?: An Introduction”, p.25, PM Press
“I think reading is important for a variety of things. I mean, first of all, it's a way to get information and find out what's going on in the world. But also, it helps your imagination.”

Source : "Garfield Hits the Big Screen". Interview with Rachel Laskow, www.scholastic.com.
“When we leave Mass, we ought to go out the way Moses descended Mt Sinai: with his face shining, with his heart brave and strong to face the world's difficulties.”

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