"Im a storyteller; that is what I do. And Im particularly interested in history; and in history of a certain era. But what is interesting for me is how many, how many things you see repeated."

-- Jacqueline Winspear

#Interesting Quotes #Eras Quotes #Certain Quotes

“I'm the beacon of hope, and I have mental powers you never dreamed of. Now be quiet.”

Source : David Klass (2008). “Firestorm: The Caretaker Trilogy:”, p.381, Macmillan
“No matter what you're facing in your life, what obstacles you might have, and what you feel your limitations might be, there's something inside you that's eternal, that is filled with wisdom and potential and possibility. There's an inner power inside you to affect an amazing level of healing, to help you find who you really are, to help you walk your unique path up the mountain, to help you move towards manifesting your fullest potential”
“I furnished the body that was needed to sit in the defendant's chair.[Explaining his role in the Scopes Monkey Trial.]”
“The end of the eighteenth and the beginning of the nineteenth century were remarkable for the small amount of scientific movement going on in this country, especially in its more exact departments. ... Mathematics were at the last gasp, and Astronomy nearly so-I mean in those members of its frame which depend upon precise measurement and systematic calculation. The chilling torpor of routine had begun to spread itself over all those branches of Science which wanted the excitement of experimental research.”

Source : "Memoir of Francis Baily".
“I believe an artist is the last person in the world who can afford to be affected.”
“I think that's Glassjaw's identity - the disconnect between what we think we are and what our fans think we're supposed to be. Whenever I read reviews of our stuff, I sense that.”
“Behind every man now alive stand thirty ghosts, for that is the ratio by which the dead outnumber the living.”
“...what will we someday do, I always wonder, without the pleasures of turning through books and stumbling on things we never meant to find?”

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