"Fhairshon had a son, Who married Noah's daughter, And nearly spoil'd to Flood, By trinking up ta water: Which he would have done, I at least believe it, Had ta mixture peen Only half Glenlivet."

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Source : "Firmilian: A "spasmodic" Tragedy".

William Edmondstoune Aytoun

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“That's insightful, but equally insightful is what they say afterwards. The other thing that I always point out is it's one thing to talk to the candidate. It's quite another to talk to the staff, and that's when you find out what's really going on.”

Source : "'Tranquility' Is A Way Station On Iowa's Campaign Trail". "Morning Edition" with David Greene, www.npr.org. December 24, 2015.
“Conviction is not merely an opinion. It is something rooted so deeply in the conscience that to change a conviction would be to change the very essence of who you are.”
“The IRA sending a message of sympathy to America is like Jack the Ripper giving us a lesson in the sanctity of human life.”
“I don't want students who could make the next major breakthrough in renewable energy sources or space travel to have been taught that anything they don't understand, and that nobody yet understands, is divinely constructed and therefore beyond their intellectual capacity. The day that happens, Americans will just sit in awe of what we don't understand, while we watch the rest of the world boldly go where no mortal has gone before.”
“What does the future, that half of time, matter to the man who is infatuated with eternity?”
“What makes this game so delightful is that when both teams get the ball they are attacking their opponents goal.”
“In my dreams I found a little of the beauty I had vainly sought in life, and wandered through old gardens and enchanted woods.”
“My grandmother told stories; she was very good at that.”

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