"Wowers never speede well, that have a false harte."

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Source : Nicholas Udall (1847). “Ralph Roister Doister: A Comedy. ¬The Tragedie of Gorboduc”, p.11

Nicholas Udall

“Maeterlinck says that compared with ordinary truths mystic truths have strange privileges they can neither age nor die. Beauty is eternal and ugliness, thank God, is ephemeral. Can there be any question as to which should attract the poet?”

Source : The New York Times, December 10, 1916.
“What's right about America is that although we have a mess of problems, we have great capacity - intellect and resources - to do some thing about them.”
“The intent of the individuals who created the DDoS attacks has nothing to do with hacking, and they are vandals, not hackers.”
“I believe this notion of separation of church and state was the figment of some infidel's imagination.”
“Is Ahab, Ahab? Is it I, God, or who, that lifts this arm? But if the great sun move not of himself; but is an errand-boy in heaven; nor one single star can revolve, but by some invisible power; how then can this one small heart beat; this one small brain think thoughts; unless God does that beating, does that thinking, does that living, and not I.”
“It's the premium time, the fourth quarter. October, November, December and now, if you will, going over into the first quarter in January. But really, football, that's when the interest is in the game.”

Source : Source: bleacherreport.com
“I know a helluva lot. I'm not the only one who knows these things. Many people know more than I do. That's fortunately not my problem. My problem is what I am supposed to use it for. What do I do with it? It's confusing.”

Source : Erlend Loe (2011). “Naïve. Super”, p.25, Canongate Books
“I started being a photographer because I liked fashion. I liked the idea of dressing up and changing my look. I got earrings, dyed my hair. I would dress like a fashion photo.”

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