"Wars shatter so many lives. I think especially of children robbed of their childhood."

-- Pope Francis

#Children Quotes #War Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“Technical people don't make good slaves. Without their wholehearted cooperation, things fall apart.”

Source : Vernor Vinge (2007). “A Deepness in the Sky”, p.26, Macmillan
“I invested in the album. Look, if I never did anything again in music, it wouldnâ€™t affect my life materially. I live a very satisfying life. Not because Iâ€™ve made a few dollars, but because I have a wife who loves me and children who wait for me to come home. And that is beautiful. I think thatâ€™s the American dream: to be at peace at home.”
“I was going to be a singer. If I hadn't been in my profession, I was going to be an Opera singer. That's from a young kid. I had all these records from all those famous Opera singers. I wanted to be an Opera singer -- that was my whole thing and physical fitness got in the way, thank God.”
“To find out a girl's faults, praise her to her girlfriends.”
“I write everything as a wake-up call to myself and others, to anyone who may have gotten tired of hitting the snooze button.”
“Develop a capacity for things like purpose, love, wonder, courage, and grace.”
“Conspiracies are a perennial favorite for television producers because there is always a receptive audience.”
“I don't see the point of pretending we're clones.”

Source : "The Saturday Rumpus Interview With Eden Robinson". Interview With Helga Schimkat, therumpus.net. September 24, 2016.

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