"Civil disobedience is not accepted by religion and the state does not accept it and there are many verses in the Holy Book that talk of following the ruler."

-- Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria

#Book Quotes #Doe Quotes #Accepted Quotes

“Landscape planners will have the opportunity to make sculptured roofscapes, so that cities appear to be verdant hills and valleys. Streets will become shady routes carved through the undergrowth. Roofs will become mountain tops. People will become ants.”

Source : Tom Turner (2014). “City as Landscape: A Post Post-Modern View of Design and Planning”, p.98, Taylor & Francis
“I was molded, spent my time underneath a lot of goo. And then the bits and pieces were sculpted. It took probably 10 days to create each character after all those camera tests.”
“Sometimes the truth is stupid.”

Source : Roger Williams (2006). “The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect”, p.132, Lulu.com
“It's not magic that takes us to another world - it's storytelling.”
“ROTC programs at Ivy League campuses would liberalize the military. That can only be good for this country.”

Source : Evan Wright (2005). “Generation Kill”, p.23, Penguin
“Urgent optimism is the desire to act immediately to tackle an obstacle, combined with the belief that we have a reasonable hope of success.”
“I love heels! I especially like heels by Nicholas Kirkwood, Jimmy Choo and Moschino.”
“Australians are not given to applauding tragedy unless it is at a distance like Gallipoli or Cooper's Creek, and they prefer pure heroism to be spiced with disaster, except of course in sport. It was all very well for Adam Lindsay Gordon to have shot himself, but it would never have done for Don Bradman.”

Source : Geoffrey Dutton (1981). “The Australian Heroes: A Rousing Roll Call of 47 of Australia's Greatest Heroes and Heroines”, Angus & Robertson Publishers

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