"Humans have changed little over time. We think we've invented the modern world but they were making better speeches 2,000 years ago and grappling with issues of empire and terrorism."

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Robert Harris

#Thinking Quotes #Years Quotes #Issues Quotes

“Our mothers' generation fought so hard to change things and we're the first generation to benefit. And now you get girls in their twenties who say they're not feminists.”

Source : "Charlotte's web" by Barbara Ellen, www.theguardian.com. February 9, 2002.
“I like to have fulsome discussions on every topic. What happens if you lose this show? What would you do? We have to look at every hypothesis.”
“I've long been a fan of Chiwetel Ejiofor. I think he's a great actor. He's my kind of guy. He does what I aspire to do.”

Source : "Garret Dillahunt Talks About the Challenge and Heightened Language of TWELVE YEARS A SLAVE" by Christina Radish, collider.com. June 12, 2012.
“Gabbe jumped up and seized the cocanut first, giving its contents a sniff. "Arriane, she has just been through a trama," she scolded. Arriane tossed her shoulders back. "Precisely why she needs something with a kick," she argued, holding the tray possessively while she and Gabbe engaged in a stare-down. "Fine," Arriane said, looking away from Gabbe.”
“When you're old, you are more certain of who you are, and that may be a good thing or a bad thing.”
“It is the best feeling in the world to have a close game come down to just a couple of plays and you are able to do it.”

Source : "Week One Rewind / A capsule look at Sunday's games Bledsoe's reunion with Parcells a happy one 49ers, Dolphins post upsets over playoff teams". Article by Milt Northrop, buffalonews.com. September 12, 2005.
“The chile, it seems to me, is one of the few foods that has its own goddess.”
“He's simply got the instinct for being unhappy highly developed.”

Source : Chronicles of Clovis (1911) "The Match-Maker"

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