Freya Stark Quote – There Can Be No Happiness
“There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the things we do.” – Freya Stark
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George Carlin Quote – The American Dream
“They call it the American dream because you have to be asleep to believe it.” – George Carlin
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Edna St. Vincent Millay Quote – One Damn Thing
“It’s not true that life is one damn thing after another; it is one damn thing over and over.” – Edna St. Vincent Millay
Read moreEarthquakes- What Are They?
Earthquakes are the result shifting plates in the crust of Earth. When there is frictional stress building of the plates it causes failure at a fault line an earthquake happens. The shaking of the ground happens when the energy is released, and waves radiate. Research has found that they predict where major seismic activity may happen, but they cannot forecast […]
Read moreUFO’s Falling To Earth In China
Inhabitants of towns in the Heilongjiang area of China reported three UFOs tumbled from the sky on Friday morning, as per the China News Service. The roundabout, metallic articles collided with the ground of two provinces after “villagers heard…a tremendous piercing sound, and after that a few villagers saw a major fireball” that in the long run fell in a […]
Read moreGeorge Santayana Quote – For Those Who Listen
“The earth has music for those who listen.” – George Santayana
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China’s Human Rights Activists Under Scrutiny
Beijing Mass arrests: In one of the biggest crackdowns on civil society groups in decades, Chinese authorities have detained and questioned at least 238 lawyers and human rights activists over the past two weeks. At least 20 activists remain incarcerated, and the whereabouts of six of them are unclear. Maya Wang, a researcher with Human Rights. Watch, said those still […]
Read moreVirgilia Peterson Quote – Memory Must Be Selective
“I can understand that memory must be selective, else it would choke on the glut of experience. What I cannot understand is why it selects what it does.” – Virgilia Peterson
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