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When the venture has been made of dealing with historical events and characters, it always seems fair towards the reader to avow what liberties have been taken, and how much of the sketch is founded on history. ↗

— Charlotte Mary Yonge

#been #characters #dealing #events #fair

Advertising is the genie which is transforming America into a place of comfort, luxury and ease for millions. ↗

— William Allen White

#america #comfort #ease #genie #into

I don't worry about being in a hurry any more, because my faith in God will always deliver me on time. ↗

— Martha Reeves

#always #any #because #being #deliver

Under the Geneva Convention, for example, a POW is required only to provide name, rank, and serial number and cannot receive any benefits for cooperating. ↗

— John Yoo

#benefits #cannot #convention #cooperating #example

The true worth of an experimenter consists in his pursuing not only what he seeks in his experiment, but also what he did not seek. ↗

— Claude Bernard

#consists #did #experiment #experimenter #his

Honest pioneer work in the field of science has always been, and will continue to be, life's pilot. On all sides, life is surrounded by hostility. This puts us under an obligation. ↗

— Wilhelm Reich

#been #continue #field #honest #hostility

Women in general want to be loved for what they are and men for what they accomplish. ↗

— Theodor Reik

#general #loved #men #want #women

Risk anything! Care no more for the opinion of others ... Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth." (Journal entry, 14 October 1922) ↗

— Katherine Mansfield

#daring #empowerment #risk #self-confidence #self-determination

I don't think my sense of humor has changed at all; I was born with this, for better or for worse. ↗

— Ivan Reitman

#born #changed #humor #i #i was born

To me it was real war and my life was at stake, and I believe that all those clandestine spy games we played as children helped when the Occupation came. ↗

— Diet Eman

#dutch #holocaust #jesus-christ #righteous-gentile #wwii