"Every one knows how the snow lies in the valleys of the Alps, forming a plain which slopes gradually downward towards the outlet Imagine such a valley ten miles across, with just such a sloping plain, not of snow but of earth."

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Source : Edward Burnett Tylor (1861). “Anahuac; Or, Mexico and the Mexicans: Ancient and Modern”, p.28

Edward Burnett Tylor

#Lying Quotes #Snow Quotes #Valleys Quotes

“Iâ€™ll never die", he said. Before I could protest, Lucas put two fingers on my lips, his smile seemed to fill the room with lights and I realized he was telling a deeper kind of truth then Iâ€™d ever known before â€œYouâ€™ll live forever and being remembered by you is the only immortality Iâ€™ll ever need if I only live on as a part of you â€“ Bianca, thatâ€™s my idea of heaven”
“It's a luxury to have so much time, especially with someone so important and busy. You have to get a feel for the person.”
“The future, and the future alone, is the home of explanation.”
“I don't think we're yet evolved to the point where we're clever enough to handle a complex a situation as climate change. The inertia of humans is so huge that you can't really do anything meaningful.”

Source : Interview with The Guardian, March 29, 2010.
“There ain't anything worth doing a man can do and keep his dignity. Can you figure out a single thing you really please-God like to do you can do and keep your dignity? The human frame just ain't built that way.”
“An artist gives. Gives visually, gives through courses, or with free advice, through generosity of spirit and through a need to share.”
“I do say I'm a specialist in divas. Name a diva - I've worked with 'em.”

Source : "Philip Treacy On His New Hat Range For Thomson: 'I'm A Specialist In Divas'". Grazia interview, uk.style.yahoo.com. May 31, 2013.
“Accustom yourself to tireless activity.”

Source : "The Book of Military Quotations". Book by Peter G. Tsouras, p. 23, 2005.

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