Exeter Quotes

• I was born rather late in [my father's] life, in his mid - 40s. And so what he did up until the time he was 15, I think probably from age 12 to 15, my grandfather made him demonstrate mediumistic powers at the Exeter Street Theater, the first Spiritualist church in the United States.

  Paul Laffoley

  Father, Thinking, Church

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• Nick scowled out the window. "I have friends in Exeter already. I have-those people, you know, they hang around outside the bike sheds, they're always hassling Jamie." "Those are some awesome dudes," Jamie muttered. "Don't let them get away.

  Sarah Rees Brennan

  People, Window, Jamie

  Sarah Rees Brennan (2010). “The Demon's Covenant”, p.30, Simon and Schuster

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• Exeter City's trip to Old Trafford will be a great day for their fans but that is about it - they won't get the result they want against Manchester United.

  Mark Lawrenson

  Travel, Journey, Cities

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• For the Humanist, . . . head and heart . . . must function together. . . . The constitution of the Phillips Exeter Academy reads: 'Though goodness without knowledge . . . is weak and feeble, yet knowledge without goodness is dangerous. . . . Both united form the noblest character and lay the surest foundation of usefulness to mankind.'

  Corliss Lamont

  Heart, Character, Together

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• Mi fe se fortaleció y envié una carta (como se me había ordenado) al Reverendo Dignatario de la Catedral de Exeter. Antes de enviarla, me aseguraron que no la contestaría.

  Joanna Southcott

  Fe, Fuerte, Respuestas

  Joanna Southcott (1813). "Copias de cartas enviadas al clero de Exeter. 1813. Una comunicación enviada en una carta al Reverendo Sr. P. en 1797. [1814] Una disputa entre la mujer y los poderes de las tinieblas. 2ª ed. 1813. La respuesta del Señor a los poderes de las tinieblas. 2ª ed. 1813. Una advertencia e instrucción para los sellados. 1807. Una advertencia al mundo. [1804] Los extraños efectos de la fe. 2a ed. 1801"

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• The summer of 1943 at Exeter was as happy a time as I ever had in my life.

  John Knowles

  Verano

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• Exeter was, I suspect, more crucial in my life than in the lives of most members of my class, and conceivably, than in the lives of almost anyone else who ever attended the school.

  John Knowles

  School, Class, Members

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• The best teaching I ever experienced was at Exeter. Yale was a distinct letdown afterward.

  John Knowles

  Teaching, Yale, Letdowns

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