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Save for the wild force of Nature, nothing moves in this world that is not Greek in its origin. ↗

— John Acton

#greek #moves #nature #nothing #origin

There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the simple development of the contrary qualities. They will not bear discussion. ↗

— Lord Acton

#bear #cannot #contrary #development #discussion

Education commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken within hearsay of little children tends toward the formation of character. ↗

— Hosea Ballou

#children #commences #education #every #formation

I think a lot of times we don't pay enough attention to people with a positive attitude because we assume they are naive or stupid or unschooled. ↗

— Amy Adams

#assume #attention #attitude #because #enough

I tried to keep both arts alive, but the camera won. I found that while the camera does not express the soul, perhaps a photograph can! ↗

— Ansel Adams

#arts #both #camera #does #express

The only things in my life that compatibly exists with this grand universe are the creative works of the human spirit. ↗

— Ansel Adams

#creative works #exists #grand #human #human spirit

Right before the game, she strolled up to me. "Hey, Seaweed Brain." "Will you stop calling me that?" She knows I hate that name, mostly because I never have a good comeback. She's the daughter of Athena, which doesn't give me a lot of ammunition. I mean, "Owl-head" and "Wise Girl" are kind of lame insults. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#demigod #demigod-files #insults #percy-jackson #put-downs

There's a saying, 'It's easy to write songs, but very difficult to write great songs.' I'm going through that right now. ↗

— Bryan Adams

#easy #going #great #i #now

I've only ever trusted my gut on everything. I don't trust my head, I don't trust my heart, I trust my gut. ↗

— Bryan Adams

#everything #gut #head #heart #i

I like to be able to present myself in two or three different ways because I've never really wanted to rest on my laurels and be something that people expected. ↗

— Bryan Adams

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