"Sandy was particularly destructive because it was prevented from moving back out to sea by a "blocking pattern" associated with the jet stream. There's debate about this, but one recent study suggested that melting sea ice in the Arctic may lead to such blocking."

-- Nicholas D. Kristof

#Block Quotes #Moving Quotes #Ice Quotes

“The human soul has still greater need of the ideal than of the real. It is by the real that we exist; it is by the ideal that we live.”
“I eat a lot of salad, a little meat, and some fruitâ€”thatâ€™s all. But I like sweets.”
“Writing on the blog, you want to get attention and make strong claims. In academic work, that often doesn't pay, so sometimes it's a little bit difficult going back and forth to navigate these differences.”
“I wouldn't give a performer something I couldn't deliver myself.”
“A woman can put up with almost anything; anything but indifference.”
“Some people are born to fit the times.”
“To rid the world of Osama bin Laden, Anwar al-Awlaki and Moammar Qaddafi within six months: if Obama were a Republican, he'd be on Mount Rushmore by now.”

Source : "Does Obama Deserve Credit for Killing Qaddafi?" by Adam Clark Estes, www.theatlantic.com. October 20, 2011.
“[St. Patrick] was a terror to any snake that came in his path, whether it was the cold, slimy reptile sliding along the ground or the more dangerous snake that oppresses men through false teachings. And he drove the snakes out of the minds of men, snakes of superstition and brutality and cruelty.”

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