Petrarchs Laura Quotes & Sayings
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Self-sacrifice enables us to sacrifice other people without blushing. — George Bernard Shaw
On the Continent, every attempt to substitute a lighter punishment for death was fiercely denounced as a direct violation of the Divine law. Indeed, some persons went so far as to question the lawfulness of strangling the witch before she was burnt. Her crime, they said, was treason against the Almighty, and therefore to punish it by any but the most agonizing deaths was an act of disrespect to Him. Besides, the penalty in the Levitical code was stoning, and stoning had been pronounced by the Jewish theologians to be a still more painful death than the stake. — William Edward Hartpole Lecky
And maybe Bob-with-the-Hawaiian-shirt was right. Maybe it was cool being on a planet on the far side of the known galaxy. And maybe it was even cooler escaping and getting home again. But the coolest thing of all was having my best friend back. — Mark Haddon
Beauty is a handcuff and a leg iron; it captures you and it immobilizes you! — Mehmet Murat Ildan
I understand the joy of having a female actress like Charlotte [Gainsbourg] and watching her give everything, and be able to capture it. — Jane Birkin
Professional golfer ... what a life. — Billy Bush
Every fight is do or die for me. I've come too far to start over. I'm on a destiny trip right now. I'm racing towards that heavyweight world championship. — Antonio Tarver
America is to great to dream small dreams. — Ronald Reagan
You can never completely know anyone, no matter how well you think you do. There will always be some truth about them you don't ever get to know. — Susane Colasanti
I would rather spend one day on Maui than 30 days in the hospital. — Charles Lindbergh
A great novel is concerned primarily with the interior lives of its characters as they respond to the inconvenient narratives that fate imposes on them. Movie adaptations of these monumental fictions often fail because they become mere exercises in interior decoration. — Richard Schickel