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“I always wear flat shoes, because I can't walk in anything else.”

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Sadie Frost is a British actress born in June 1965. She is known for her performances in films and television, including 'Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels', 'Pulp Fiction', and the 'Harry Potter' series. more

“It is true that all of us are the beneficiaries of crimes committed by our ancestors, and it is true that nothing can be done about that now because the victims are dead and the survivors are innocent. These are good reasons for keeping our mouths shut about the past: but tell me, what are our reasons for silence about atrocities still to come?”

Stills Reason Done Past Silence Crime Mouths Victim Committed Innocent Survivor Ancestor Atrocities Beneficiaries

Author:Damon Knight

“During the four days of the storm, I became accustomed to the soft light of lamps and candles and grew to like it. When the power came on again, I discovered that I was actually disappointed. The electric lights seemed cold and impersonal; they revealed too much.”

Light Too Much Four Grew Cold Storm Disappointed Candle Electric Accustomed Lamps Electric Light

Author:Damon Knight

“We live on a minute island of known things. Our undiminished wonder at the mystery which surrounds us is what makes us human. In science fiction we can approach that mystery, not in small, everyday symbols, but in bigger ones of space and time.”

Humans Space Fiction Known Wonder Mystery Minutes Approach Bigger Science Fiction Everyday Symbols Islands Surround Time And Space

Author:Damon Knight

“There are more riddles in a stone than in a philosopher's head”

Stones Philosopher Riddle

Book:Far Out: 13 Science Fiction Stories

Source: Far Out: 13 Science Fiction Stories

“By focusing on the interior of a speaker's larynx and using infrared, he was able to convert the visible vibrations of the vocal cords into sound of fair quality, but that did not satisfy him. He worked for a while on vibrations picked up from panes of glass in windows and on framed pictures, and he experimented briefly with the diaphragms in speaker systems, intercoms and telephones. He kept on into October without stopping, and finally achieved a device that would give tinny but recognizable sound from any vibrating surface - a wall, a floor, even the speaker's own cheek or forehead.”

Giving Able Sound Quality Wall Fairs Window Glasses Surface Visible Devices Speakers Cheeks Stopping Interiors Telephones Vocal Vibrations Foreheads October Cords Framed Vocal Cords Infrared

Author:Damon Knight

“Driving down the wrong road and knowing it, The fork years behind, how many have thought To pull up on the shoulder and leave the car Empty, strike out across the fields; and how many Are still mazed among dock and thistle, Seeking the road they should have taken?”

Should Years Stills Behinds Knowing Taken Car Fields Empty Should Have Seeking Strikes Driving Shoulders Forks Docks Pull Ups Thistles Wrong Road

Book:Man in the Tree

Source: Man in the Tree

“If tolerance is taken to the point where it tolerates the destruction of those same principles that made tolerance possible in the first place, it becomes intolerable.”

Ifs Firsts Made Principles Taken Destruction Tolerance Tolerate

Author:Gaetano Mosca

“I fundamentally believe in term limits, for Congress, presidents, and board members.”

Believe President Term Limits Members Congress Boards Term Limits Board Members

Author:Jim Breyer

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