"Fort Leavenworth is in fact no fort, being without defensive works, except two block-houses."

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Source : Francis Parkman (2016). “The Oregon Trail: Juvenile History - - American”, p.14, VM eBooks

Francis Parkman

#Block Quotes #Two Quotes #House Quotes

“When it comes to the stage, I can't help but be inspired by people like George Clinton, Elton John and Alice Cooper.”
“It is a clear gain to sacrifice pleasure in order to avoid pain.”
“Its important to know what motivates you, not what motivates somebody else.”
“I was pretty as a child and I felt that I wasn't very manly and that plagued me for years.”
“perfidious society masturbators”

Source : Thomas Bernhard (2013). “Woodcutters”, p.85, Vintage
“Shut up Jas, you are not Baby Jesus”
“It's very easy to say, 'I could have done that,' after someone's done it. But I did it. You didn't. It didn't exist until I did it.”
“I cannot give any scientist of any age better advice than this: the intensity of a conviction that a hypothesis is true has no bearing over whether it is true or not.”

Source : Peter Brian Medawar (1981). “Advice to a young scientist”

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