"The futility of action does not absolve one from the failure to act. -"

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Janette Turner Hospital

#Doe Quotes #Action Quotes #Futility Quotes

“In the circle where I was raised, I knew of no one knowledgeable in the visual arts, no one who regularly attended musical performances, and only two adults other than my teachers who spoke without embarrassment of poetry and literature â€” both of these being women. As far as I can recall, I never heard a man refer to a good or a great book. I knew no one who had mastered, or even studied, another language from choice. And our articulate, conscious life proceeded without acknowledgement of the preceding civilisations which had produced it.”
“The fate of the physiology of the brain is independent of the truth and falsity of my assertions relative to the laws of the organization of the nervous system, in general, and of the brain in particular, just as the knowledge of the functions of a sense is independent of the knowledge of the structure of its apparatus.”
“Talking about jobs, and people - I don`t care if you`re a Democrat or Republican, they want jobs. And Sanders is talking about it and [Donald]Trump is talking about it and bringing jobs back and making our country great again.”

Source : Source: www.msnbc.com
“Mirrors would do well to reflect a little more before sending back images.”
“Small towns are sometimes like that; familiarity runs high, while regard for personal space is low, if nonexistent.”

Source : Laurie Notaro (2007). “There's a (Slight) Chance I Might Be Going to Hell: A Novel of Sewer Pipes, Pageant Queens, and Big Trouble”, p.18, Villard
“Some people are born on third base and go through life thinking they hit a triple.”

Source : "Dreading a Tie Vote in the Electoral College". www.omaha.com. October 12, 2004.
“Each simian had a much different body suit, so besides trying to define class across species, there was a definite attempt to dress each group in different styles.”
“Love, you know, seeks to make happy rather than to be happy.”

Source : Ralph Connor (1917). “The Major”

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