"Pressure, no doubt, has always been a most important factor in the metamorphism of rocks; but there is, I think, at present some danger in over-estimating this, and representing a partial statement of truth as the whole truth. Geology, like many human beings, suffered from convulsions in its infancy; now, in its later years, I apprehend an attack of pressure on the brain."

-- Thomas George Bonney

#Thinking Quotes #Years Quotes #Rocks Quotes

“You can power the entire U.S. vehicle fleet with 73,000 to 145,000 five-megawatt wind turbines. That would take between one and three square kilometers of footprint on the ground.”
“I'm not one of those people who writes a biography or tries to figure out what kind of ice cream the character liked when he was 10.”
“...I doubt very seriously whether anyone will hire me.' What do you mean, babe? You a fine boy with a good education.' Employers sense in me a denial of their values.' He rolled over onto his back. 'They fear me. I suspect that they can see that I am forced to function in a century I loathe. This was true even when I worked for the New Orleans Public Library.”
“Real estate is the closest thing to the proverbial pot of gold.”
“When you go and create something, you want to believe in it. If they don't, we're barking up the wrong tree. But when you believe in something and you see other people believing in it too, it just feels like you're doing something right in the world, and that feels good.”

Source : "Zachary Levi Talks Heroes Reborn, the Tangled Tv Series, the Nerd Machine, Comic-con & More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. July 3, 2015.
“What's required is a kind of social media sherpa, who can find you the audience you seek, who can reach to them on the platforms where they are already congregating, and who can help promote in tasteful ways that fit the sensitivities of the networks where your audiences are found.”
“When we're in the middle of a difficult time, we have to speak against that lie that says, "God is not here." We have to draw near to God.”
“The one thing that I'm absolutely sure about is that the people of Gaza aren't going anywhere. And neither are the people of Israel.”

Source : "Ross Kemp sheds dim light on Middle East" by Jim Shelley, www.mirror.co.uk. January 4, 2010.

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