"The use of refined petroleum as fuel, which began in the 1850s, freed hundreds of millions of people from the toil of centuries, gave hundreds of millions more a life of ease and plenty, and, by allowing great cities to feed themselves from every corner of the world, multiplied the population of the earth fivefold."

-- James Buchan

#Cities Quotes #People Quotes #Fuel Quotes

“Toward the later days of Sabbath, instead of going in and knocking out what songs we did in rehearsal, we would polish them to death.”
“Literature has nothing to do with usefulness; the most useful place in any house is the toilet.”
“New technologies will always demand and deserve careful navigation and difficult readjustments. But the weakening or de facto abolition of copyright will not merely roil the seas, it will drain them dry. Those who would pirate what you produce have developed an elaborate sophistry to convince you that they are your victim. They aren't. Fight back.”
“There is no worse flaw in man's character than that of wanting to belong.”

Source : David Adams Richards (2013). “Mercy Among the Children: A Novel”, p.88, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
“You're gonna get thrown curve balls left and right, and that's just the way it goes.”
“Spader and I were nearly killed. Three times. We were also robbed and witnessed a gruesome murder. Happy birthday to me!”
“Well, no. I was getting into trouble messing around with it for roles. So one night I went home, cut it down with a pair of scissors and then got in the bath and shaved it all off. I've never looked back.”
“It feels so good to tell the truth”

Source : "Foxy Brown 'all about telling the truth' to grand jury investigating felony charge in neighbor fight" by Dave Goldiner, www.nydailynews.com. August 11, 2010.

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