"Politics now is really only about self-interest, which means it has violence built into it because your self-interest is going to collide with the self-interest of the rest of the world. That's inevitable."

-- Pankaj Mishra

#Mean Quotes #Self Quotes #World Quotes

“You in the back," said the principal. "Don't think you can hide. Tell me. What would you like to be?" "Dangerous," said the hidden girl, without a second's hesitation.”

Source : Kirsten Miller (2011). “Kiki Strike: Inside the Shadow City”, p.18, Bloomsbury Publishing USA
“A man was like a child with his appetites. A woman had to yield him what he wanted, or like a child he would probably turn nasty and flounce away and spoil what was a very pleasant connection.”
“I think the Macintosh proves that everyone can have a bitmapped display.”
“My mother really didn't come from artists. Her famous quote to me was, "The only artists I've ever heard of are dead." The pottery classes were meant to be a part of my overall uplift. I knew what it meant to be sent to art classes, but I still didn't know anything about being an artist.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“I have to keep going, as there are always people on my track. I have to publish my present work as rapidly as possible in order to keep in the race. The best sprinters in this road of investigation are Becquerel and the Curies...”
“By practicing compassion and forgiveness, one can control hatred.”
“An unlucky rich man is more capable of satisfying his desires and of riding out disaster when it strikes, but a lucky man is better off than him...He is the one who deserves to be described as happy. But until he is dead, you had better refrain from calling him happy, and just call him fortunate.”
“When the news wants to tell you something is important, they put dramatic theme music behind it. They scare you into watching the story.”

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