"Japan offers as much novelty perhaps as an excursion to another planet."

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Source : Isabella Lucy Bird (2010). “Unbeaten Tracks in Japan: Volume 1: An Account of Travels in the Interior, Including Visits to the Aborigines of Yezo and the Shrines of Nikkô and Isé”, p.45, Cambridge University Press

Isabella Bird

#Japan Quotes #Novelty Quotes #Planets Quotes

“Of course, the ideal scenario for parenting is obviously two parents of a mature age.”
“Youth Liberation has argued for some time that young people should have the right to have sex as well as not to have it, and with whom they choose. The statutory structure of the sex laws has been identified as oppressive and insulting to young people. A range of sexual activities are legally defined as molestation, regardless of the quality of the relationship or the amount of consent involved.”
“Unlike stocks, where in our country, you go to sleep, everyone tells you everything is wonderful, you wake up and everything is gone.”

Source : "EX-MOB BOSS WARNS: There's A Stock Market Bubble And It's Going To Burst" by Tyler Durden and Zero Hedge, www.businessinsider.com. August 24, 2014.
“We don't really understand most of what's happening in the cosmos. Is there any afterlife? Who knows.”

Source : "David Eagleman: 'We won't die - our consciousness will live forever on the internet'". Interview With Sean O'Hagan, www.theguardian.com. April 3, 2010.
“Why would I get a wild card into an American tournament, (as the) top-ranked American? Why would that happen? That makes too much sense. Maybe I should play more Davis Cup, that's the story. Oh wait, I do.”
“God will help us become the people we are meant to be, if only we will ask Him”
“Every numerous assembly is a mob; everything there depends on instantaneous turns.”
“Indeed, it has affirmed my belief that our purpose as spiritual beings is to follow our bliss, seek our passions, and live our lives as inspirations to each other.”

Source : Aron Ralston (2010). “127 Hours: Between a Rock and a Hard Place”, p.342, Simon and Schuster

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