"We lisp in numbers, in the U.S. We are deluged by ample, often mysterious statistics. ... Like many in this country, I have come to regard statistics with doubt and merely as a hint of the probable shape of fact."

-- Martha Gellhorn

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“Believe me, the so-called primitive races who worshipped animals as gods were not so daft as people choose to pretend. At least they were humble. Why should not God have come to the earth as an earth-worm? There are a great many more worms than men, and they do a great deal more good.”

Source : T.H. White (2012). “The Book of Merlyn: The Unpublished Conclusion to The Once and Future King”, p.30, University of Texas Press
“For every minute spent in organizing, an hour is earned.”
“It's hard for me to climb things. That's why I always play Assassin's Creed because it gets me feeling like I can.”

Source : "JURASSIC WORLD: Ty Simpkins Talks Landing His Role, the Gyrosphere, and More". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. July 3, 2015.
“I worked at Ikea as a customer service rep for two years and loved it.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“One does not marry to become a judge of the spouse's behavior. If a marriage license is mistaken for a hunting license and disapproval, punishment, and threat of withdrawal of love are employed as weapons, all one bags is one's own unhappiness.”
“The easiest way to get touch with this universal power is through silent Prayer. Shut your eyes, shut your mouth, and open your heart. This is the golden rule of prayer. Prayer should be soundless words coming forth from the centre of your heart filled with love.”
“When I was initially charged I still thought I was not guilty because I had followed the rules.”
“His wedding gift, clasped round my throat. A choker of rubies, two inches wide, like an extraordinarily precious slit throat.”

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