"The lush green of the fields became a rich gold that swayed sturdily under the wind and fell at last before the hands of the reapers."

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Source : Martha Ostenso (1927). “The Mad Carews”, New York : Dodd, Mead

Martha Ostenso

#Autumn Quotes #Wind Quotes #Hands Quotes

“Confidence is what you have before you understand the problem.”
“In fact, 37 percent of all United States Nobel Prize winners in the 20th century have been representatives of the Jewish community.”
“It is rather suitable for umpires to dress like dentists, since one of their tasks is to draw stumps.”
“The world has shown that if you provide capital and expertise to an area that is starved for capital and expertise, really good things will happen.”
“A totally honest organization would never hide or disguise actions or stonewall.”

Source : Brian Martin (2007). “Justice Ignited: The Dynamics of Backfire”, p.93, Rowman & Littlefield
“It's my own personal unconscious that ultimately creates the novel's aesthetic facade.”
“In our Nation, approximately 22.5 million children ride school buses to and from school each day, which accounts for 54 percent of all students attending grade school.”
“All definite knowledge - so I should contend - belongs to science; all dogma as to what surpasses definite knowledge belongs to theology. But between theology and science there is a No Man's Land, exposed to attack by both sides; this No Man's Land is philosophy.”

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