"Of the first philosophers, then, most thought the principles which were of the nature of matter were the only principles of all things. That of which all things that are consist, the first from which they come to be, the last into which they are resolved....this they say is the element and this is the principle of things.... yet they do not all agree as to the number and the nature of these principle is water...."

-- Mary Hunter Austin

#Numbers Quotes #Water Quotes #Elements Quotes

“From whichever angle one looks at it, the application of racial theories remains a striking proof of the lowered demands of public opinion upon the purity of critical judgment.”
“I feel like it's a dangerous and dark world if 'Sunny' becomes mainstream comedy. If you were to turn on CBS at 8 o'clock on Thursday and see an episode of 'It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia,' I don't know if I want to live in that world.”

Source : Interview with Joel Keller, www.avclub.com. September 22, 2011.
“There is nothing more gray, stultifying, or dreary than life lived inside the confines of a theory.”
“Anyone who thinks they stand apart from society and defies all which govern its existence has less in common with the lone wolf patriot standing up to dystopic forces of oppression - a myth - and more in common with the disease known as cancer - a harsh reality.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Like father like son, like mother like daughter!”
“There's one way to do showbiz, if you want to do it perfectly, you have to be disciplined and you have to be ready to work really hard.”
“So in his very politically-incorrect way, I think [James Mattis] is a good counterpart to Donald Trump, who doesn't read books.”
“Show me one couple unhappy merely on account of their limited circumstances, and I will show you ten who are wretched from other causes.”

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