"Age was respected among his people, but achievement was revered. As the elders said, if a child washed his hands he could eat with kings."

-- Chinua Achebe

#Kings Quotes #Children Quotes #Hands Quotes

“She cared about him too much, and he was a dangerous person to love. He wouldn't love her back.”
“What sets science and the law apart from religion is that nothing is expected to be taken on faith. We're encouraged to ask whether the evidence actually supports what we're being told - or what we grew up believing - and we're allowed to ask whether we're hearing all the evidence or just some small prejudicial part of it. If our beliefs aren't supported by the evidence, then we're encouraged to alter our beliefs.”

Source : Gary Taubes (2010). “Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It”, p.16, Anchor
“Marketers need to adapt a "members first" approach to content.”
“and they shook hands, hit each other on the shoulder, then there was forty feet of distance between them and nothing to do but drive away in opposite directions. Within a mile Ennis felt like someone was pulling his guts out hand over hand a yard at a time. He stopped at the side of the road and, in the whirling new snow, tried to puke but nothing came up. He felt about as bad as he ever had and it took a long time for the feeling to wear off.”
“I might be a stalwart, but I'm not a kingmaker.”

Source : Source: www.abc.net.au
“Sugar Ray Robinson was at the top of the boxing world during the 1950's when it seemed that he would either win or lose the championship about every three or four months.”
“Somehow the river is louder when you cover your ears.”

Source : Niall Williams (2014). “History of the Rain: Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2014”, p.181, A&C Black
“I know that the right kind of political leader for the Labour Party is a desiccated calculating machine.”

Source : In Michael Foot 'Aneurin Bevan' (1973) vol. 2, ch. 11

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