"It is not much matter which we say, but mind, we must all say the same."

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Source : Attributed, in Walter Bagehot 'The English Constitution' (1867) ch. 1, p. 16 n.

William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne

#Agreement Quotes #Mind Quotes #Matter Quotes

“I really like to read when I'm eating - 'The New York Times' or the 'Wall Street Journal,' paper version.”
“Some time ago we discovered the carbon cycle - a long-term set of chemical reactions that govern climates based on how much carbon is free in the atmosphere. At that point, it became clear that humans were affecting our environments far more profoundly than we realized. By releasing so much carbon and greenhouse gas into the environment, we're making long-term changes to every aspect of the natural world.”
“Her clothes still smoked from the wizardâ€™s assault. But to him, she always smelled of flowers.”
“It's really the sense of isolation, more than anything, realizing how tiny you are down in this big vast black unknown and unexplored place,”
“No water, no life. No blue, no green.”

Source : Sylvia A. Earle (2009). “The World Is Blue”, p.259, National Geographic Books
“I have my faith and my principles, and this is what makes me who I am. If the person loves me, he'll love my God too,”
“I don't want to know about the lives of other actors and I don't want people to know too much about me. If we don't know about the private lives of other actors, that leaves us as clean slates when it comes to playing characters. That's the point, they can create these other characters and I can believe them. I think if you're a good enough actor, that's the way to longevity in the film business. Keep everybody guessing.”
“I love Madonna. She is the only woman I have asked to marry me. She refused, of course.”

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