"What I actually wanted to do with my life is make a difference to the world. That led me into science very quickly."

-- Aubrey de Grey

#Differences Quotes #Making A Difference Quotes #World Quotes

“Men's best successes come after their disappointments.”
“A life of love is one of continualgrowth, where the doors and windows of experience are always open to thewonder and magic that life offers. To love is to risk living fully.”
“We look a little bit disorderly, indecisive, leaderless. That's a real problem, and that's a problem that concerns me particularly on foreign affairs. The presidency, not just President Obama, but the presidency in recent years has lost some of the terrain that they used to dominate in the making of foreign policy. I think President Obama has to make a serious effort to regain it because he lost some of it himself.”
“Thoughts create only according to their pitch, intensity, emotional quality, depth of feeling, or vibrational plane.”
“Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.”

Source : H. L. Mencken, Marion Elizabeth Rodgers (2010). “H.L. Mencken: Prejudices: First, Second, and Third Series”, Hubsta Ltd
“I was brought up Catholic. I'm lapsed. From the age of three I was with the nuns. Now I'm an atheist.”
“I do find it easy to write songs about heartbreak; it comes really naturally to me. It was a little bit more difficult for me to break my mould and tackle different subjects. You know what it's like because you're a writer. You don't want to tread on the same territory. Writing about the personal stuff was a little difficult because I'd worry about who would read it and who would be offended by it.”
“Why things get canceled or not is so unbelievably out of actors' hands that it's one of those things where you've just got to ride with it.”

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