"one of the sisters started shaving her legs and marrying tax inspectors, so she was no good."

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Eva Ibbotson

#Shaving Quotes #Legs Quotes #Taxes Quotes

“The diamond which shines in the Saviour's crown shall burn in unquenched beauty at last on the forehead of every human soul.”
“That spin became so violent, it was hard to know how to get out of it. I was able to get it under control and break the speed of sound...I could feel myself break the speed of sound. I could feel the air building up and then I hit it.”

Source : "‘Fearless Felix’ Falls 24 Miles To Earth" by Chuck Squatriglia, www.wired.com. October 14, 2012.
“The Triad has a special beauty and fairness beyond all numbers, primarily because it is the very first to make actual the potentiality of the Monad - oddness, perfection, proportionality, unification, limit.”

Source : "The Theology of Arithmetic". Translated by Robin Waterfield in "The Theology of Arithmetic: On the Mystical, Mathematical and Cosmological Symbolism of the First Ten Numbers", 1988.
“I believe anything can happen.”
“Within the Arab circle there is a role wandering aimlessly in search of a hero. For some reason it seems to me that this role is beckoning to us-to move, to take up its lines, put on its costumes and give it life. Indeed, we are the only ones who can play it. The role is to spark the tremendous latent strengths in the region surrounding us to create a great power, which will then rise up to a level of dignity and undertake a positive part in building the future of mankind.”
“Mother calls up the stairs to ask what in the world I'm typing up there all day and I holler down, 'Just typing up some notes from the Bible study. Just writing down all the things I love about Jesus.”
“The Telephone will democratize hierarchic relations.”

Source : Ithiel De Sola Pool (1983). “Forecasting the Telephone: A Retrospective Technology Assessment”, Ablex Pub
“Dogs' lives are too short. Their only fault, really.”

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