"I have indeed - praise be to God - attained my desire in this world, which was to travel through the earth, and i have attained in this respect what no other person has attained to my knowledge."

-- Ibn Battuta

#Desire Quotes #World Quotes #Earth Quotes

“Open-source code is extremely well-adapted to service-oriented architecture.”
“Our own theological Church, as we know, has scorned and vilified the body till it has seemed almost a reproach and a shame to have one, yet at the same time has credited it with power to drag the soul to perdition.”

Source : "Woman and Her Era". Book by Eliza Farnham, pt. 1, ch. 1, 1864.
“As is true for most people I know, I've always loved learning. As is also true for most people I know, I always hated school. Why is that?”
“The old must pass away. It has served its purpose in the cycles of evolution and must now make way for a new, more expanded and more fruitful manifestation.”
“Gray imagined Kat scolding her husband in an operatic duet that has been going on between husbands and wives for ages, that eternal mix of exasperation and love." -- James Rollins”

Source : FaceBook post by James Rollins from May 03, 2012
“I don't remember any sibling rivalry growing up, because by the time I was really conscious, Tom was going away to college. My relationship with him, which is a very close one, really developed in more recent years.”
“I'm the only woman who can walk in Central Park at night... and reduce the crime rate.”
“Rich people think long-term. They balance their spending on enjoyment today with investing for freedom tomorrow.”

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