"I couldn't lie anymore to my kids telling them that they are equal citizens in the state of Israel. They cannot be equal because in order to fit in and to be accepted and to be a citizen in Israel, you need a Jewish mother. So basically what I'm trying to tell my kids is just, it's their mother's fault and it's not my fault."

-- Sayed Kashua

#Mother Quotes #Lying Quotes #Kids Quotes

“We next consider the rule that the investor does or should consider expected return a desirable thing and variance of return an undesirable thing.”

Source : Harry Markowitz (2009). “Harry Markowitz: Selected Works”, p.15, World Scientific
“Emptiness which is conceptually liable to be mistaken for sheer nothingness is in fact the reservoir of infinite possibilities.”
“Instead of playing to win, I was playing not to lose. It reminds me of the story I once heard about two friends being chased by a bear, when one turned to the other and said, "I just realized that I don't need to outrun the bear; I only need to outrun you.”

Source : Sean Covey (2011). “The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective Teenagers”, p.175, Simon and Schuster
“These 150-minute superhero films that Hollywood is making are so concerned with their length that each scene doesn't have the time it needs to make sense.”
“Influence others positively by being a teacher, coach, counselor, or mentor.”
“I won't raise taxes, because I do not want to punish the people for the politicians' mistakes.”
“Libraries aren't in the real world, after all. They're places apart, sanctuaries of pure thought. In this way I can go on living on the moon for the rest of my life.”
“All that I have accomplished ... has been by that plodding, patient, persevering process of accretion which builds the ant heap particle by particle, thought by thought, fact by fact.”

Source : Elihu Burritt (1846). “Sparks from the Anvil”, p.12

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