"There's folks 'ud hold a sieve under the pump and expect to carry away the water."

-- George Eliot

#Common Sense Quotes #Water Quotes #Pumps Quotes

“Comedy is the most difficult. Comic timing is something which you either have it in you, or you don't. You have to have a good sense of humour to be able to understand it. A split second can make you lose the punch.”
“The Simonian system can be extracted from the writings of Hippolytus. The cosmos begins with the one root, which is unfathomable Silence, pre-existent, limitless power, existing in singleness. It bestirs itself and assumes a determinate aspect by turning into Thinking (Nous, i.e. Mind), from which comes forth the Thought (Epinoia). As soon as thought is born out of the thinking silence, suddenly one has become two.”
“You establish a technique on how to develop characters. Everyone does it their own way, and that's what makes it fun.”
“I will find a way to you if it kills me if it kills me if it kills me (I think it might kill me).”
“I feel I'd like to share my luck and my life. Being in love is the best thing in the world.”
“I went through this difficult time [in the 1984] when we were making our third record where I kind of lost my mind. That's when the bulimia kicked in. And that's when I got really freaky.”
“I think a Moon base is not necessary to get to Mars, but I think it will be helpful. It would give you a chance to develop and mature some systems; long duration, deep space stuff; and you're close enough to get some help, via radio from Earth.”
“Do not ask the name of the person who seeks a bed for the night. He who is reluctant to give his name is the one who most needs shelter.”

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