Pages Quotes - Page 32

• I was a mere tourist with no part whatever in this great conflict; but it was my rare privilege, through an unusual train of circumstances, to witness the moving scenes that I have resolved to describe. In these pages I give only my personal impressions; so my readers should not look here for specific details, nor for information on strategic matters; these things have their place in other writings.

  Henry Dunant

  Moving, Writing, Giving

  "A Memory of Solferino". Book by Henry Dunant, p. 16; As quoted in The Independent, February 22, 2002, 1862.

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• Fascism was part of the absolute evil. (...) We have to denounce the ashaming pages in the history of our past. (...) There included all the pages related to the discrimination and the persecution of jews and, more in general, of minoritires. And therefore that one [The Italian Social Republic of Salò] is also included.

  Gianfranco Fini

  Italian, Past, Evil

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• If we look at Somalia, Ethiopia and Lybia, to how they're reduced now, and to how they were before, with Italy, I think that this page of history will be rewritten and there will be a positive evaluation of the role of Italy

  Gianfranco Fini

  Thinking, Roles, Looks

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• There will always be people like me, who believe that to ripple the pages of a printed book is a special experience, one that through the centuries has taken millions from the darkness into the light.

  Quintin Jardine

  Believe, Book, Taken

  "The Kindle threat". Quintin Jardine's blog, September 29, 2010.

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• The critical first billion years, during which life began, are blank pages in the earth's history.

  Robert Jastrow

  Years, Earth, Firsts

  Robert Jastrow (1969). “White Dwarfs: Man's Descent from the Stars”

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• Zuniga Hides the Evidence ... Like the craven coward he is, Markos Zuniga, rising young star of the Democrats, has now removed the page at Daily Kos where he wrote "Screw them" about the four Americans torn apart and hung from a bridge in Fallujah.

  Charles Foster Johnson

  Stars, Bridges, Coward

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• There is more suspense, more dramatic torque, in one page of [Nathaniel] Hawthorne's heart-racked ruminations onthe Christian consciencethaninall Demi Moore's woodland gallops and horizontal barn dancing.

  Anthony Lane

  Christian, Heart, Dancing

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• One must be prepared to reject not only the schema of the physical library, which is essentially a response to books and their proliferation, but the schema of the book itself, and even that of the printed page as a long term storage device, if one is to discover the kinds of procognitive systems needed in the future.

  J. C. R. Licklider

  Book, Long, Library

  "Quantitative measurement and dynamic library service" by Ching-chih Chen, (p. 52), 1980.

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• Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the President of Iran ... in one shot on his website he appears to be dressed only in flowers. Oh - here's the page, you'll see what I mean.

  Eddie Mair

  Flower, Mean, Iran

  "Woody" by Eddie Mair, www.bbc.co.uk. August 22, 2006.

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• Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is perfect in the same way that The Great Gatsby is perfect. Take a pencil and read these books, looking for something that doesn't sound right, something you'd want to change. You'll leave the page untouched.

  William McKeen

  Book, Vegas, Perfect

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• A year ago, I turned the final page of The Book of the Dead. I don't feel young any more.

  Garth Nix

  Book, Years, Finals

  Garth Nix (2014). “Sabriel”, p.27, Hot Key Books

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• The triumphs of the warrior are bounded by the narrow theatre of his own age; but those of a Scott or a Shakspeare will be renewed with greater and greater lustre in ages yet unborn, when the victorious chieftain shall be forgotten, or shall live only in the song of the minstrel and the page of the chronicler.

  William H. Prescott

  Song, Warrior, Age

  WILLIAM H. PRESCOTT (1858). “BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL MISCELLANIES”, p.239

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• [Examiners] spend their lives in discovering which pages of a text-book a man ought to read and which will not be likely to 'pay'.

  Peter Tait

  Book, Men, Pay

  "Life and scientific work of Peter Guthrie Tait". Book by Cargill Gilston Knott, p. 11, 1911.

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• The Internet is a medium only at the bit level. At the human level, it is a conversation that, because of the persistence and linkedness of pages, has elements of a world. It could only be a medium if we absolutely didn't care about it.

  David Weinberger

  Persistence, Elements, World

  "The Internet is not a medium". Hyperorg.com, March 27, 2004.

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• To write three series a year you only need to commit to writing 10 pages per day, or editing 50 pages of text per day. Plus, writing is my job, and I need to write to eat, so I'm highly motivated to get up and get to work!

  Victoria Laurie

  Jobs, Writing, Editing

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• Turning the pages of scriptural history from beginning to end, we learn of the ultimate pioneer-even Jesus Christ. His birth was foretold by the prophets of old; His entry upon the stage of life was announced by an angel. His life and His ministry have transformed the world. . . . May we ever follow Him.

  Thomas S. Monson

  Jesus, Angel, Pioneers

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• The choice is yours: Enjoy a delicious meal of, say, veal fantarella with grilled vegetables. Or spend a quiet hour reading David Gregory's book. You may find an altogether different sort of hunger has been sated by the final page. Brilliant in its simplicity, fearless in its presentation of the truth, Dinner with a Perfect Stranger is one invitation you'll want to RSVP.

  Liz Curtis Higgs

  Book, Reading, Vegetables

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• Transitions are critically important. I want the reader to turn the page without thinking she's turning the page. It must flow seamlessly.

  Janet Evanovich

  Thinking, Important, Transition

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• How idle a boast, after all, is the immortality of a name! Time is ever silently turning over his pages; we are too much engrossed by the story of the present to think of the character and anecdotes that gave interest to the past; and each age is a volume thrown aside and forgotten.

  Washington Irving

  Character, Past, Thinking

  Washington Irving (2012). “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories”, p.70, Courier Corporation

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• Im not on Page Six, because I dont have anything salacious happening in my life unfortunately.

  Jesse Eisenberg

  Six, Happenings

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• One of the most modern pretenders to inspiration is the Book of Mormon. I could not blame you should you laugh outright while I read aloud a page from that farrago.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Book, Inspiration, Laughing

  Charles Spurgeon (2015). “The Complete Works of C. H. Spurgeon, Volume 37”, p.62, Delmarva Publications, Inc.

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• It's April 15, tax day. The federal tax code is over 74,000 pages long. But stick with it because after page 72,000, it gets really good.

  Conan O'Brien

  Long, Sticks, April

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• Facebook revamped its search feature. Now you can search for any post that has ever appeared on your page. It's helpful if you want to waste time this year remembering exactly how you wasted time last year.

  Conan O'Brien

  Years, Want, Lasts

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• The new CIA torture report is 6 million pages long. It's almost as long as a George Clooney pre-nup.

  David Letterman

  Long, Torture, Cia

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• Right now, make a list of what you admire about yourself- don't stop until you've filled a page. Sit and relish each quality and accomplishment. When you remember how much you have to be proud of, you don't need to envy others. Instead of wallowing in your jealousy, use your friends' accomplishments as inspiration to pursue the life you want.

  Phil McGraw

  Inspiration, Accomplishment, Envy

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