"Decades have a delusive edge to them. They are not, of course, really periods at all, except as any other ten years may be. But we, looking at them, are caught by the different name each bears, and give them different attributes, and tie labels on them, as if they were flowers in a border."

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Source : Rose Macaulay (2011). “Told by an Idiot”, p.66, A&C Black

Rose Macaulay

#Time Quotes #Flower Quotes #Past Quotes

“Yet again, unscientific claims were being circulated broadly, but the scientists' refutation of them was published where only fellow scientists would see it.”

Source : Naomi Oreskes, Erik M. Conway (2010). “Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming”, p.195, Bloomsbury Publishing USA
“For instance, the notion of non-penal substitution. This idea, found in the work of the nineteenth century Scottish Reformed theologian John McLeod Campbell and based upon his reading of the letter to the Hebrews in particular, is that Christ offers up his life and death as a penitential act on our behalf, rather than as a punishment in our stead.”
“I have visions and ideas about different things. Other actors just inspire you, so writing is something I would love to do more of. I would really be interested in doing something in that vein, writing something for myself or someone else and directing for sure.”

Source : Source: blogs.indiewire.com
“I'll do my bit tonight, but forgive me if it's a little harder to keep going than normal. Forgive me if I'm not superwoman after all." "Not superwoman?" he exclaimed, putting a hand on his chest in mock surprise. "You've lied to me all these years!”
“I'm an American by birth, but I'm a Texan by the Grace of God...”
“The whole of the situation of the Conservative Party today springs from that night when they dismissed the best prime minister the country had had since Churchill.”
“Good food is a celebration of life.”
“Corruption at every level, city, state, federal, all has helped in making New Orleans a disaster area, the most disappearing land mass on the planet Earth.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org

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