"Nothing, she now knew, could be defined in exclusion, and every bug, pencil, and grass blade was a dictionary in itself, requiring the definitions of all things to fulfill its own."

-- Anthony Marra

#Definitions Quotes #Bugs Quotes #Exclusion Quotes

“To the scientist, nature is always and merely a 'phenomenon,' not in the sense of being defective in reality, but in the sense of being a spectacle presented to his intelligent observation; whereas the events of history are never mere phenomena, never mere spectacles for contemplation, but things which the historian looks, not at, but through, to discern the thought within them.”
“Mike Pence is the hardest one to guess in 2020 as a leader, because I don't know if he is seen as the heir to the Donald Trump political movement or ig being the heir is a good thing.”

Source : Source: live.washingtonpost.com
“Make no mistake, tax cheaters cheat us all, and the IRS should enforce our laws to the letter.”

Source : "Daschle On Tax Cheats: IRS Should Enforce Laws". Congressional Record, www.realclearpolitics.com. May 7, 1998.
“You've got to be able to make animation for much less... Less is not the studio's way.”
“Americans spend more money on Botox, face lifts and tummy tucks than on the age-old scourges of polio, small pox and malaria.”
“I think that The Outsiders was meant to be written, and I was just picked to write it.”
“Nothing ever gets settled in this town (Washington). It's not like running a company or even a university. It's a seething debating society, in which the debate never stops; in which people never give up, including me, and that's the atmosphere in which you administer.”
“I use bath gloves in the shower every day. People often comment on my skin and I just tell them that I use bath gloves.”

Source : "‘Think Like A Man’ Star Meagan Good Dishes on Beauty Musts". Interview with Kimberly Walker, www.ebony.com. April 20, 2012.

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