"It is vain and useless to survey everything that goes on in the world if our study does not help us mend our ways."

-- Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable

#Doe Quotes #Goes On Quotes #Useless Quotes

“There are different versions of Islam... it is meaningless to claim to speak in the name of a â€˜realâ€™ Islam.”
“I'm one of those people that really pays attention to the music in films.”
“I do not see myself as a footnote to someone else's life.”

Source : "Fictional character: Martha Gellhorn". "Hemingway & Gellhorn", www.imdb.com. 2012.
“Hugely enjoyable and insightfulGosling has produced the perfect combination of rigorous research and lightness of prose to create a book that will transform every reader into a super snooper.”
“There is a question for which we will never know the answer: had the U.S. not launched the Contra war to overthrow the Sandinista government, would they have succeeded in bringing socioeconomic justice to the people of Nicaragua?”
“How many of you have ever started dating because you were too lazy to commit a suicide?”
“France will always be France no matter what, but America involves striving toward an ideal.”
“This is my first collaboration [with Mary Hamill] so I'm going to learn how it's going to work.”

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