"We see only the simple motion of descent, since that other circular one common to the Earth, the tower, and ourselves remains imperceptible. There remains perceptible to us only that of the stone, which is not shared by us; and, because of this, sense shows it as by a straight line, always parallel to the tower, which is built upright and perpendicular upon the terrestrial surface."

-- Galileo Galilei

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“These fans here are unbelievable. They showed up and showed out tonight. We needed every little bit of it.”
“The truth has to be unveiled. If the West insists, if it keeps pushing, the battles have to be fought. And they will be fought.”
“These people in the North-East of Ireland, from old prejudices perhaps more than from anything else, from the whole of their past history, would prefer, I believe, to accept the government of a foreign country rather than submit to be governed by hon. Gentlemen below the Gangway.”

Source : Bonar Law's speech in the House of Commons, api.parliament.uk. January 1, 1913.
“Whatever you do without confidence will be done badly.”
“I took Alexey Brodovitch course at the New School. He taught me something that I've always remembered: After we did the initial assignment, he contradicted what he had said the first week, and I said, "Okay." The next week, he contradicted what he had said the second week. We went through 10 weeks of contradicting, and I thought maybe he was drunk. At the end, he said, "You may think I've contradicted myself, but there's no one way to do anything."”
“Tell me, what do they do for us in Bulgaria? Do they fix the prices? Or is there some kind of a free market?”

Source : "Dwayne’s World" by Dan Carney, www.motherjones.com. July/August 1995.
“It's hard not to immediately fall in love witha dog who has a good sense of humor.”
“Debts are nowadays like children begot with pleasure, but brought forth in pain.”

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