Edith Hall Quotes
An illuminating read for every classical scholar engaged with the current quest for the subject's roots, and the excavation of the way that it has evolved over the past century and a half.
Quotes to Explore
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In a world of global dependencies with no corresponding global polity and few tools of global justice, the rich of the world are free to pursue their own interests while paying no attention to the rest.
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We cannot but believe that He who made the world still governs it.
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A great thought begins by seeing something differently, with a shift of the mind's eye.
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The miracle is this: that you will rise in the morning and be able to see again the startling beauty of the day.
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It’s equally as important to me to be a good friend, and a good sister, and a good daughter. I’m very close with my family and friends.
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Don't underestimate the importance of happiness. As long as you're happy, who cares what you do?
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I always soak in a bath with Epsom salts for a minimum of 20 minutes to absorb the magnesium once I get home.
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For those with the purity to see it, a nursing mother is one of the most precious, most beautiful, and most holy of all possible images of woman.
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Taking the scattered and reactive energies of your mind and focusing them into a coherent source of energy for living, for problem solving, for healing.
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If we want to make workplaces more open, we need to acknowledge logistical challenges... by being more open, it might create a path for other women.
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For my own part I continue of the same Disposition.
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I am in awe of the perpetual tumult of the sea. I am moved by the still place on the horizon where the sky begins. I am stirred by the soaring and dipping fields that make the landscape into a rumpled green counterpane. I thought I would never have such powerful feelings again. I thought I would live through the rest of my life having experiences, and thoughts, but I never thought I would again feel deeply-- I was convinced that my wounds had healed and become thick scars, essentially numb.
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In Hollywood, an equitable divorce settlement means each party getting fifty percent of publicity.
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Before we became engaged, my wife was having surgery to have her spleen removed. I drove to the hospital and got into her bed so she would get up next to me before the surgery.
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The genus Drosophila is one of the great success stories. There's hundreds of species within the genus. They're on every continent except Antarctica, they're in tropical rain forests, they're in deserts, they've evolved many exotic mating behaviors, and they're capable of incredibly long-distance flights.
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An illuminating read for every classical scholar engaged with the current quest for the subject's roots, and the excavation of the way that it has evolved over the past century and a half.
