"There was not one cause for our internment, but many - a deep-seated racial prejudice working on top of fear, distrust, and greed. So how is one to say exactly where history begins or ends? It is all slow oscillations, curves, and waves which take so long to reveal themselves ... like watching a tree grow."

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Source : Gretel Ehrlich (2017). “Heart Mountain: A Novel”, p.38, Open Road Media

Gretel Ehrlich

#Curves Quotes #History Quotes #Long Quotes

“All hockey players are bilingual. They know English and profanity.”
“The only place where you can be a dictator and still be loved is on the movie set”
“In essence, money gives us the calories we need to survive. Over time, we became aware that exchange and cooperation increase our chances for survival. Eventually we create tools to facilitate trade. One of these tools is called money.”

Source : Source: bobmorris.biz
“You know, I know, all of us know that the time factor is the vital consideration - and vital is the correct meaning of the term - of our national defense program; that we must never be caught in the same situation we found ourselves in 1917.”
“The growth of the Internet will slow drastically, as the flaw in 'Metcalfe's law'â€“which states that the number of potential connections in a network is proportional to the square of the number of participantsâ€“becomes apparent: most people have nothing to say to each other! By 2005 or so, it will become clear that the Internet's impact on the economy has been no greater than the fax machine's.”

Source : "Paul Krugman Responds To All The People Throwing Around His Old Internet Quote" by Jay Yarow, www.businessinsider.com. December 30, 2013.
“But if I keep my core and back strong, the scoliosis doesn't really bother me.”
“Long gone are the days of the stylised old James Bond films with Roger Moore karate chopping his way through the bad guys - audiences are not going to buy it anymore. The genre has got quite serious now.”

Source : Source: www.indielondon.co.uk
“Jumping up and down is definitely sexy," Vayl assured me. "Would you like to do it two or three times right now before we get down to business?" Sterling and Cole groaned at the same time "Ewww!”

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