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That love which does not build a foundation on good sense is doomed.

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I had been afraid of the primitive, had wanted it broken gently, but here it came on us in a breath, as we stumbled up through the dung and the cramped and stinking huts to our lampless sleeping place among the rats. It was the worst one need fear, and it was bearable because it was inescapable. Graham Greene
... Now to die of griefwould mean, I'm afraid, to die belatedly, while latecomersare unwelcome, particularly in the future. ... Joseph Brodsky
But that is how men are! Ungrateful and never satisfied. When you don't have them they hate you because you won't; and when you do have them they hate you again, for some other reason. Or for no reason at all, except that they are discontented children, and can't be satisfied whatever they get, let a woman do what she may. David Herbert Lawrence
Well, the infrastructure part of the stimulus has worked. There's absolutely no question about it. We can demonstrate in Pennsylvania and other states around the union how it's produced good, paying jobs both on the construction sites and back in American factories. It has worked. Ed Rendell
Frederik Pohl quote: "I'm pretty catholic about what constitutes science fiction."
I'm pretty catholic about what constitutes science fiction. Frederik Pohl
I've seen of enough of people who die for an idea. I don't believe in heroism; I know it's easy and I've learned it can be murderous. What interests me is living and dying for what one loves. Albert Camus
I love hitting the ball, controlling the ball. And yeah, even the roar of the crowd. I enjoy the roar of the crowd probably less than some players and more than some. But I'm not out here to be a celebrity. David Duval
In life there are no problems, that is, objective and external choices; there is only the life which we do not resolve as a problem but which we live as an experience, whatever the final result may be. Alberto Moravia
Elie Wiesel quote: "Each man was his own executioner and his own victim."
Each man was his own executioner and his own victim. Elie Wiesel
From a drop of water a logician could infer the possibility of an Atlantic or a Niagara without having seen or heard of one or the other. Arthur Conan Doyle
You know that everyone thinks that in order to do South Park we must be wild, crazy, rock and roll stars. But the truth is we're just wholesome middle-American guys. We enjoy soda pop, baseball and beating up old people just as much as anybody. Trey Parker
Joseph Fiennes quote: "I don't know what my limitations are until I reach them. I..."
I don't know what my limitations are until I reach them. I look for the challenge. Joseph Fiennes
I endured quite a few injuries when I was younger and had my first surgery on my foot when I was 15. But I love dancing. 'Anna Karenina' was great for me as it meant I could combine the two and I actually went back and did some classes. Alicia Vikander
Philip Guedalla quote: "People who jump to conclusions rarely alight on them."
People who jump to conclusions rarely alight on them. Philip Guedalla
John D. Barrow quote: "There was no "before" the beginning of our universe, because..."
There was no "before" the beginning of our universe, because once upon a time there was no time. John D. Barrow