"It is no discredit to Walt Whitman that he wrote Leaves of Grass, only that he did not burn it afterwards."

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Source : Thomas Wentworth Higginson (1871). “Atlantic Essays”, p.44

Thomas Wentworth Higginson

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“The difference between screwing around and science is writing it down.”

Source : TV Series "MythBusters" ("Bouncing Bullet", 2012), (2003- ).
“These are icons to be treasured.”
“It's incredibly arrogant to pick and choose which incomprehensible truths we embrace. No one wants to ditch God's plan of redemption [the cross], even though it doesn't make sense to us. Neither should we erase God's revealed plan of punishment because it doesn't sit well with us. As soon as we do this, we are putting God's actions in submission to our own reasoning, which is a ridiculous thing for clay to do.”
“You know, we travelled a lot when I was a kid because my father was wherever the work was.”
“No one wants to hear you speak, Bradie Boy," Kitten said in that scratchy voice of hers. "Like that's ever stopped me. I can't believe we've got a bird and a cat in the car." Bradley chuckled. "I guess that makes me animal control. Nice." "I'm a Teran," Kitten said tightly, "not a cat. And if I hear you call me a cat one more time, I'll scratch your eyes out. Understand?" "Oh, I understand. I just don't think you'll like what I'm understanding, which is that you can't wait to get your hands on me.”
“My bar for being successful is being able to do movies that really mean something to me and being able to make a living off of that.”
“Pleasure can be supported by an illusion; but happiness rests upon truth.”
“The Socialists ask what is our program? Our program is to smash the heads of the Socialists.”

Source : "A History of Terrorism" by Walter Laqueur, (p. 71), 2001.

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