"The north-south line of 'the mountains,' meaning the Cascade Range, forty miles east of Seattle, is a rigid political frontier."

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Jonathan Raban

#Political Quotes #Mountain Quotes #East Quotes

“No doubt solitude is wholesome, but so is abstinence after a surfeit. The true life of man is in society.”
“Experts in aging make a distinction between passive aging and purposeful aging. Successful, purposeful aging calls for continued involvement, relationships, discipline, and an attitude of faith.”

Source : George Sweeting (2008). “The Joys of Successful Aging: Living Your Days to the Fullest”, p.64, Moody Publishers
“I think Mrs Thatcher did more damage to democracy, equality, internationalism, civil liberties, freedom in this country than any other Prime Minister this century. When the euphoria surrounding her departure subsides you will find that in a year or two's time there will not be a Tory who admits ever supporting her. People in the street will say, thank God she's gone”
“The elements, if arranged according to their atomic weights, exhibit an apparent periodicity of properties.”
“The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below”
“I once tried to make lace - which has been a great obsession of women - unsexy. And I achieved it.”
“If we take all this actions and if it turns out not be true, we have reduced pollution and have better ways to live, the downside is very small. The other way around, and we donâ€™t act, and it turns out to be true, then we have betrayed future generations and we donâ€™t have the right to do that.”
“You have one good game or season, so what? You have to have a career.”

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