"It is impossible to be submissive and religiously patient, if ye stay your thoughts down among the confused rollings and wheels of second causes, as, O, the place! O, the time! O, if this had been, this had not followed! O, the linking of this accident with this time and place! Look up to the master motion and the first wheel."

-- Samuel Rutherford

#Confused Quotes #Looks Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“Sometimes blood, for the sake of sparing it, is spilled.”

Source : Vittorio Alfieri (1815). “The tragedies of Vittorio Alfieri”, p.128
“It is profoundly tragic that I am a slave, but it is profoundly joyous that I am God's slave, not that of a devil.”
“I love touring, I love doing the live show and it's just like a musical artist, you just keep coming up with material and as long as you're coming up with the material and as long as audiences like it, you just keep doing it, it's your job.”
“When you take a photo at 1/1000 of a second, the moment can become an eternal fact, an eternal moment. So we have a philosophical problem of objectivity and subjectivity.”
“Apathy is grossly undervalued and never there for me when I need it.”

Source : Alafair Burke (2004). “Judgment Calls”, p.18, Macmillan
“There is an earthly sun, which is the cause of all heat, and all who are able to see may see the sun; and those who are blind and cannot see him may feel his heat. There is an Eternal Sun, which is the source of all wisdom, and those whose spiritual senses have awakened to life will see that sun and be conscious of His existence; but those who have not attained spiritual consciousness may yet feel His power by an inner faculty which is called Intuition.”
“When you think about a barbecue, most people think of slabs of ribs, but you don't need to do that in today's culinary barbecue world. Short ribs, barbecue chicken, skewered shrimp, vegetable kebabs, lobster mac and cheese with or without the lobster, and a donut bread pudding for dessert that's absolutely amazing. These are things that are safe whether you're a novice or a professional. Be creative and stay within your culinary pantheon.”
“A child should have every advantage - including those taught by disadvantage.”

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