"[London is] like the sight of a heavy sea from a rowing boat in the middle of the Atlantic.... One lives in it, afloat but half submerged in a heavy flood of brick, stone, asphalt, slate, steel, glass, concrete, and tarmac, seeing nothing fixable beyond a few score white spires that splash up like spits of foam above the next glum wave of dirty buildings."

-- V. S. Pritchett

#Dirty Quotes #Glasses Quotes #Sight Quotes

“Lack of understanding, along with outright anti-Christian prejudice, leads to journalistic amazement or horror at the supposed self-deception of those who do see a spiritual realm.”
“It took me a long time to learn how to write a good song.”

Source : Kaye Gibbons (1997). “A Virtuous Woman”, p.25, Algonquin Books
“The single most important hindrance to world evangelization right now is the lack of total involvement by the body of Christ.”

Source : K. P. Yohannan (2014). “Revolution in World Missions: One Man's Journey to Change a Generation”, p.44, Gospel For Asia Books
“I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation and is but a reflection of human frailty.”
“Education, doing homework, is the way to lift up girls. Around the world, where girls are educated, the economy and the standard of living rise.”
“Go far - too far you cannot, still the farther. The more experience finds you: and go sparing. One meal a week will serve you, and one suit, through all your travels; for you'll find it certain.”

Source : Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, Henry William Weber (1812). “The works of Beaumont and Fletcher: in fourteen volumes: with an introduction and explanatory notes”, p.376
“I have a burning desire to entertain and different mediums allow me to do this in different ways.”

Source : "Producer Adi Shankar Talks TRUTH IN JOURNALISM Short, the Success of DIRTY LAUNDRY, Casting Ryan Kwanten, Shared Universes, and More". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. July 31, 2013.
“I come from a very la-ti-da East Coast intellectual family - or so they think.”

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