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“Among German historians, there's really not much debate about whether or not Hitler was a social Darwinist. He clearly was drawing on Darwinian ideas.”
Source : "'Expelled' Correct on Darwin, Hitler Link, Says Christian Group" by Alexander J. Sheffrin, www.christianpost.com. May 1, 2008.
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“assuredly of all earthly conditions uncertainty is the most unblest ...”
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“Hemingway himself and Hemingway's writing were both brilliant, brilliant cocktails.”
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“So being present becomes more and more the exercise the older you get.”
Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, labs.imdb.com.
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“All my stuff is men's fashion. It's always oversized shirts, boyfriend blazers and trousers.”
Source : "Taking Five with Bella Heathcote and Phoebe Tonkin". Interview with Sal Morgan, www.vogue.com.au. November 15, 2012.
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“And for all those years, we never talked about the disaster at the recital or my terrible accusations afterward at the piano bench. All that remained unchecked, like a betrayal that was now unbreakable. So I never found a way to ask her why she had hoped something so large that failure was inevitable. And even worse, I never asked her what frightened me the most: Why had she given up hope?”
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“You're never quite sure where the song is going, because you might not find the word to rhyme with the end of the line. You have to find associative meaning to get you there. So it's rather like doing a crossword puzzle backwards. A kind of strange, three-dimensional, abstract crossword puzzle.”
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“I will give you three days to seek your shadow. Return to me in the course of that time with a well-fitted shadow, and you shall receive a hearty welcome; otherwise, on the fourth day - remember, on the fourth day - my daughter becomes the wife of another.”
Source : Theodor Storm, Adelbert von Chamisso, Adalbert Stifter (2005). “Famous German Novellas of the 19th Century”, p.63, Mondial