"Translator Dlique was saying, very earnestly, â€œEggs are so inadequate, don't you think? I mean, they ought to be able to become anything, but instead you always get a chicken. Or a duck. Or whatever they're programmed to be. You never get anything interesting, like regret, or the middle of the night last week."

-- Ann Leckie

#Regret Quotes #Mean Quotes #Night Quotes

“Humans are humans because we are able to communicate with each other and to organize to do things together that we can't do individually.”
“I shall use such influence as I have in emphasizing the basic truths common to all denominations, in lowering denominational barriers and in promoting effective cooperation among Christians of whatever creed.”
“Unreasonable," "unrealistic," and "impractical" are all words used to marginalize a person or idea that fails to conform with conventionally expected standards.”

Source : Chris Guillebeau (2010). “The Art of Non-Conformity: Set Your Own Rules, Live the Life You Want, and Change the World”, p.149, Penguin
“Sometimes you just don't like somebody”
“I wouldn't say 'Avatar' changed my life, but it definitely changed my career.”
“PowerPoint doesn't kill meetings. People kill meetings. But using PowerPoint is like having a loaded AK-47 on the table: You can do very bad things with it.”
“I was so enamored with the idea of being in show business so everything was bright to me. I mean, I didn't think of it as being tough and things like that.”
“One of the misfortunes of our time is that in getting rid of false shame, we have killed off so much real shame as well.”

Source : "Company Manners: A Cultural Inquiry into American Life". Book by Louis Kronenberger, p. 76, 1954.

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