"People are more concerned about the economy then these ridiculous concerns as to gender inequity in society, as manifested in marriages, in the mental health system, and then in literature."

-- Kate Zambreno

#People Quotes #Literature Quotes #Ridiculous Quotes

“I don't want to live in the kind of world where we don't look out for each other. Not just the people that are close to us, but anybody who needs a helping hand. I cant change the way anybody else thinks, or what they choose to do, but I can do my bit.”
“But one must go where one's road leads, even when it's a distressing road.”

Source : Piers Anthony (2002). “Crewel Lye”, p.34, Del Rey
“From my point of view it's impossible to cut debt in a country with new debt from another country.”
“Through and through the world is infested with quantity: To talk sense is to talk quantities. It is no use saying the nation is large. . . . How large? It is no use saying the radium is scarce. . . . How scarce? You cannot evade quantity. You may fly to poetry and music, and quantity and number will face you in your rhythms and your octaves.”
“I never planned on being a plumber.”
“If we don't empower women, we don't allow them to unlock the potential of themselves and their children.”
“We cannot cheat on DNA. We cannot get round photosynthesis. We cannot say I am not going to give a damn about phytoplankton. All these tiny mechanisms provide the preconditions of our planetary life. To say we do not care is to say in the most literal sense that "we choose death."”
“America is a great country. I've been in the south, in the center and in the north. I like it. Americans are very good people. There's just too much air-conditioning.”

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