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Chemists employed by the police can do remarkable things with blood. They can weave it into a rope to hang a man.


Margery Allingham


#chemists #employed #hang #into #man

True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.


Arthur Ashe


#heroism #others #remarkably #serve #sober

Most victims of my autobiographical verse are either far too polite, remarkably understanding unaware that I have written poems about them.


John Barton


#autobiographical #either #far #i #most

It has become almost a cliche to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is socially acceptable to boast ignorance of science and proudly claim incompetence in mathematics.


Richard Dawkins


#almost #become #boast #boasts #claim

There are two types of courage involved with what I did. When it comes to picking up a rifle, millions of people are capable of doing that, as we see in Iraq or Vietnam. But when it comes to risking their careers, or risking being invited to lunch by the establishment, it turns out that's remarkably rare.


Daniel Ellsberg


#capable #careers #comes #courage #did

I'm just preparing my impromptu remarks.


Winston Churchill


#impromptu #just #preparing #remarks

Arles is certainly one of the most interesting towns I have ever seen, whether viewed as a place remarkable for the objects of antiquity it contains, or for the primitive manners of its inhabitants and its picturesque appearance.


Marguerite Gardiner


#appearance #certainly #contains #ever #i

Children are remarkable for their intelligence and ardor, for their curiosity, their intolerance of shams, the clarity and ruthlessness of their vision.


Aldous Huxley


#children #clarity #curiosity #intelligence #intolerance

On one level the sixties revolt was an impressive illustration of Lenin's remark that the capitalist will sell you the rope to hang him with.


Ellen Willis


#hang #him #illustration #impressive #lenin

Remarkable is the greater openness of the Catholic Church towards people of other religious traditions and persuasions. The development has not been without problems, since some people have resisted it and others have pushed openness beyond the desirable point.


Francis Arinze


#beyond #catholic #catholic church #church #desirable






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