"I'm looking forward to coming back, back to Earth, the landing, the views."

-- Duane G. Carey

#Views Quotes #Earth Quotes #Looking Forward Quotes

“Extended families have never been the norm in America; the highest figure for extended-family households ever recorded in Americanhistory is 20 percent. Contrary to the popular myth that industrialization destroyed "traditional" extended families, this high point occurred between 1850 and 1885, during the most intensive period of early industrialization. Many of these extended families, and most "producing" families of the time, depended on the labor of children; they were held together by dire necessity and sometimes by brute force.”

Source : Stephanie Coontz (2016). “The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap”, p.25, Basic Books
“It is the soldier who salutes the flag, serves beneath the flag, whose coffin is draped by the flag who gives that protester the freedom to abuse and burn that flag.”

Source : Zell Miller's Speech at the Republican National Convention in New York City, New York, www.cbsnews.com. September 1, 2004.
“Inequality makes everyone unhappy, the poor most of all, and that is well within the remit of the state. More money gives less extra happiness the richer we get, yet we are addicted to earning and spending more every year.”

Source : "It is not fanciful to make the pursuit of happiness a political imperative" by Polly Toynbee, www.theguardian.com. June 15, 2006.
“I'm definitely a vintage collector. I have a wardrobe of core basics that I like to spice up with different colors, new accessories, and I love to try on new things to invite something different. I find, with every new stage of my life, my self-image shifts with new duties and responsibilities, and so does my fashion style.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Books are many things: lullabies for the weary, ointment for the wounded, armour for the fearful and nests for those in need of a home.”
“Was it the infinite sadness of her eyes that drew him or the mirror of himself that he found in the gorgeous clarity of her mind?”
“The hardest problems of pure and applied science can only be solved by the open collaboration of the world-wide scientific community.”
“I don't wait for inspiration. Writing is my job.”

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