"A statesman... must wait until he hears the steps of God sounding through events, then leap up and grasp the hem of His garment."

-- Otto von Bismarck

#Waiting Quotes #Political Quotes #Hem Quotes

“You must not allow yourself to be advised, cautioned, influenced, persuaded”
“I don't take myself seriously any more. Sometimes I just garden in my knickers and platform shoes.”
“That was my challenge as a composer. Like with anything, to keep yourself interested in doing what you do, you set yourself challenges. So I said, Okay, I'll try to write a hundred tunes in a year.”
“A dozen more questions occurred to me. Not to mention twenty-two possible solutions to each one, sixteen resulting hypotheses and counter-theorems, eight abstract speculations, a quadrilateral equation, two axioms, and a limerick. That's raw intelligence for you.”

Source : Jonathan Stroud (2005). “Bartimaeus Trilogy, Book Three: Ptolemy's Gate”, Disney-Hyperion
“Everybody wants clean, safe energy. Some people think nuclear is the way to go. Some people think coal is the way to go. Some people think wind is the way to go. And there's always balances on that.”
“One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.”

Source : Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides (1959). “Euripides”
“what if it was enough to just stand here in the arms of someone who ared about her, to let his simple affection steady her for a little while? it felt so good just to be held.”

Source : Lauren Kate (2012). “Lauren Kate: Fallen & Torment”, p.83, Random House
“She wanted to feel safe. Untouchable in her home. The ultimate female fantasy.”

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