"These people have history and I crave history. I crave someone knowing me so well that they can tell what I'm thinking. Jonah Griggs takes my hand under the table and links my fingers with his and I know that I would sacrifice almost anything just to keep this state of mind, for the rest of the week at least."

-- Melina Marchetta

#Sacrifice Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Hands Quotes

“Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together again in new shapes of your own choosing.”
“The Bible is an ancient text from an ancient context. We live thousands of miles and thousands of years away from that context, which also represents different cultures. Archaeology is a modern means of revealing both the lost record of the ancient world, and the historical and social world of the Bible. While the purpose of archaeology is not to prove the historicity of the people and events recorded in Scripture, it can help immeasurably to confirm the historical reality and accuracy of the Bible and to demonstrate that faith has a factual foundation.”
“Technological innovation is indeed important to economic growth and the enhancement of human possibilities.”
“I reflect back 35 years ago, and look how far we have come in America with our environmental policy to improve the conditions of our air and water, and we have had some real successes.”
“You can be absolutely certain that when you feel you are being most unfairly tested, you are being prepared for great achievement.”
“I used to get out there and have a thousand swing thoughts. Now I try not to have any.”
“Honest men are the soft easy cushions on which knaves repose and fatten.”

Source : Thomas Otway, Thomas Thornton (1813). “The Works of Mr. Thomas Otway: In Three Volumes”, p.17
“You go to your TV to turn your brain off. You go to the computer when you want to turn your brain on.”

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