"True knowledge consists in knowing things, not words."

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Source : Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1803). “The works of the Right Honourable Lady Mary Wortley Montagu: including her correspondence, poems, and essays”, p.183

Mary Wortley Montagu

#Knowing Quotes #True Knowledge Quotes

“Eventually the consumer will come to appreciate the editorial point of view of every different brand. User-generated content without editorial oversight will simply be background noise.”
“France is the only nation in which astoundingly small numbers of civilized patrons reside.”
“I grew up with brothers. I love men. Of course it's hard to be a woman in a man's world.”
“Our goal as women should be to discover who we are and not who we think we should be or who the world wants us to be. It's not our responsibility to be arm candy!”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Toughness found fertile soil in the hearts of Palestinians, and the grains of resistance embedded themselves in their skin. Endurance evolved as a hallmark of refugee society. But the price they paid was the subduing of tender vulnerability. They learned to celebrate martyrdom. Only martyrdom offered freedom. Only in death were they at last invulnerable to Israel. Martyrdom became the ultimate defiance of Israeli occupation.”

Source : Susan Abulhawa (2010). “Mornings in Jenin”, p.88, Bloomsbury Publishing
“I knew it wasn't too important, but it made me sad anyway.”
“If a tie is like kissing your sister, losing is like kissing you grandmother with her teeth out.”
“I'm learning with the older that I get that some feelings are just universal and that I'm not the only one who hates their hair or their life at times.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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