Spatium Retroperitoneale Quotes & Sayings

It would be wrong to interpret the growth of British national consciousness in this period in terms of a new cultural and political uniformity being resolutely imposed on the peripheries of the island by its centre. For many poorer and less literate Britons, Scotland, Wales and England remained more potent rallying calls than Great Britain, except in times of danger from abroad. And even among the politically educated, it was common to think in terms of dual nationalities, not a single national identity. — Linda Colley

This is the year you really put the stake in the ground. — Stephen Baker

If of thy mortal goods thou art bereft,
And from they slender store two loaves alone to thee are left,
Sell one, and with the dole
Buy hyacinths to feed thy soul.

Attributed to the Gulistan of Moslih Eddin Saadi — Hazel Felleman

You can't choose your childhood, it's just what happens to you. But after that you choose. And that's really what (makes you). — Kim Stanley Robinson

if you could do only one thing in ministry, what would you do? — Craig Groeschel

The ordaining of laws in favor of one part of the nation, to the prejudice and oppression of another, is certainly the most erroneous and mistaken policy. An equal dispensation of protection, rights, privileges, and advantages, is what every part is entitled to, and ought to enjoy. — Benjamin Franklin

How extraordinary people are, that they get themselves into such situations where they go on doing what they dislike doing, and have no need or obligation to do, simply because it seems to be expected. — Margaret Drabble

I always wanted to be known as the girl who was good at hockey rather than the girl you see in magazines. — Casey Eastham

The Chinese, whom it might be well to disparage less and imitate more, seem almost the only people among whom learning and merit have the ascendency, and wealth is not the standard of estimation. — William Benton Clulow

The writing about what you know thing was a huge one. Not worrying so much about what people think. Just writing for myself and the band is enough. — Luke Temple

Change your thoughts ... charge your life. — Shawn Anderson

Music is an extraordinary locksmith; it is so competent that it can open our soul's door even with closed eyes! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Improve on upon your limit of thinking; it is the best step to repair what has been destroyed by limited thinking. Think big, think wide, and above all think positively! — Israelmore Ayivor

All genuinely creative ideas are initially met with rejection, since they necessarily threaten the status quo. An enthusiastic reception for a new idea is a sure sign that it is not original. — Eric Weiner

Love requires imagination more than experience. — Simon Van Booy