"Better to be a laughing-stock than lose the fort for fear of being one."

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Source : Rosemary Sutcliff (2011). “The Eagle”, p.21, Macmillan

Rosemary Sutcliff

#Courage Quotes #Fear Quotes #Laughing Quotes

“You have to be invited to the party. You have to be invited to work, which is weird. That can be frustrating. But gender inequality is pretty similar through almost every industry, unfortunately.”

Source : "SENSE8: Daryl Hannah Reflects on Performing in the Wachowskis’ Latest Project". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. June 10, 2015.
“Rickey doesn't have albums, Rickey has CDs.”
“Women are complicated. Not because women are crazy, but because people are crazy, and women happen to be people.”
“Art is one of the few places where you can put it in a constructive way where it won't burn you up inside or hurt anyone.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“There are certainly lots of jobs in computer coding, but coding doesn't really require advanced mathematics. And engineering jobs, they vary widely in the amount of demand that we actually need. So, you know, the number of people for whom the job description includes Newton's calculus is not perhaps that high.”

Source : "Some Educators Question If Advanced Math Should Be Required". "All Things Considered" with Kelly Mcevers, www.npr.org. March 3, 2016.
“Later as the day cools and they have gone in, the cry of the corncrake will carry across those same fields and over the lake to the blue-hazed mountain, such a lonely evening sound to it, like the lonely evening sound of the mothers, saying it is not our fault that we weep so, it is nature's fault that makes us first full, then empty.”
“This world is not for the poor, nor the next for the unkind.”
“We would consider it cruel to confine a dog permanently in a kennel. Yet we visit zoos where hundreds of wild animals are kept permanently in the equivalent of a kennel.”

Source : Virginia McKenna, Will Travers, Jonathan Wray (1987). “Beyond the bars: the zoo dilemma”, Sterling Pub Co Inc

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