"The preparations were elaborate and mammoth in scale, and Washington threw himself into the effort, demanding that not an hour be lost."

-- David McCullough

#Effort Quotes #Preparation Quotes #Hours Quotes

“Every exit is an entry somewhere else.”
“Biology is the science. Evolution is the concept that makes biology unique.”
“Oh, God. What was happening to her, she was turning into a normal person.”
“If you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it. If you don't ask, the answer is always no. If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place.”

Source : Nora Roberts (2000). “Tears of the Moon”, p.70, Penguin
“I'm not afraid of facts, I welcome facts but a congeries of facts is not equivalent to an idea. This is the essential fallacy of the so-called "scientific" mind. People who mistake facts for ideas are incomplete thinkers; they are gossips.”

Source : Quoted in Francis Klagsbrun's TheFirst Ms. Reader We are the Crazy Lady and Other Feisty Feminist Fables (p. 67)
“We recycle everything in my house. I'm not into any particular organizations, but I'm doing my part and that makes me feel okay.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I was born by God's dear grace, in an extraordinary place. Where the stars and stripes, and the eagle fly.”

Source : Song: Where the Stars and Stripes and the Eagle Fly
“Then on! then on! where duty leads,My course be onward still.”

Source : George Crabbe, Reginald Heber, Robert Pollok (1839). “The Poetical Works of Crabbe, Heber, and Pollok: Complete in One Volume”

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