"I had nothing to fear from my father. Except his disappointment. Which was no small thing."

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Source : Barbara Delinsky (2011). “Escape”, p.98, Anchor

Barbara Delinsky

#Disappointment Quotes #Fear Quotes #Father Quotes

“What is the benefit of fasting in our body while filling our souls with innumerable evils? He who does not play at dice, but spends his leisure otherwise, what nonsense does he not utter? What absurdities does he not listen to? Leisure without the fear of God is, for those who do not know how to use time, the teacher of wickedness.”
“What would we do if we didn't try? We have to try.”
“If Ibsen's 'Enemy of the People' were alive today, he would recognize the ethic that has informed capitalist and communist countries alike - economic growth before public health and well-being. The true enemies of the people ar those who continue to sacrifice our long-term interests for short-term gains. But perhaps we should all look in the mirror.”
“Great things only come with great effort.”
“The Web is actually a coming together of three technologies, if you like: the hypertext, the personal computer, and the network. So, the network we had, and the personal computers were there, but people didn't use them, because they didn't know what to use them for, except maybe for a few games.”
“I love the box that such a decision puts you in, and I love the interest the reader has in seeing how you negotiate that box: that seemingly hugely narrowed set of options. I also like the way in which it reminds us that we connect to the real world. That our relationship to the world matters.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“In 1991, I co-founded my first start-up, Ink Development, which made software for an early tablet computer.”
“I thought I would call myself a pig before the viewer could, so they could only think more of me.”

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