"If this city is to die, it won't be because of the men on the hills, it will be because of the people in the valley. When they're content to live with death, to become what the men on the hills want them to be, then Sarajevo will die."

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Source : Steven Galloway (2009). “The Cellist of Sarajevo”, p.136, Atlantic Books Ltd

Steven Galloway

#Men Quotes #Cities Quotes #People Quotes

“Professor Tillman. Most of us here are not scientists, so you may need to be a little less technical.â€™ This sort of thing is incredibly annoying. People can tell you the supposed characteristics of a Gemini or a Taurus and will spend five days watching a cricket match, but cannot find the interest or the time to learn the basics of what they, as humans, are made up of.”

Source : Graeme Simsion (2014). “The Rosie Project: A Novel”, p.9, Simon and Schuster
“Motivation has to come from within. I make up my mind to shoot for the moon. Even if I don't make it, I'll be among the stars.”
“Considering the way the prebiotic soup is referred to in so many discussions of the origin of life as an already established reality, it comes as something of a shock to realize that there is absolutely no positive evidence for its existence.”

Source : Michael Denton (2002). “Evolution: A Theory in Crisis”, Adler & Adler Pub
“Of what good is our faith, our repentance, our baptism, and all the sacred ordinances of the gospel by which we have been made ready to receive the blessings of the Lord, if we fail, on our part, to keep the commandments.”
“There is an enduring tenderness in the love of a mother to a son that trancends all other affections of the heart”

Source : Washington Irving (2013). “The Sketch Book Of Geoffrey Crayon”, p.111, Jazzybee Verlag
“Any pleasure gained by means other than mental control weakens the body.”
“It may be that you are not yourself luminous, but that you are a conductor of light. Some people without possessing genius have a remarkable power of stimulating it.”
“It is outrageous to utter the name of Jesus Christ and live in Judaism.”

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