"It is difficult to estimate the misery inflicted upon thousands of persons, and the absolute pecuniary penalty imposed upon multitudes of intellectual workers by the loss of their time, destroyed by organ-grinders and other similar nuisances."

-- Charles Babbage

#Loss Quotes #Intellectual Quotes #Nuisance Quotes

“Some people just have a natural gift and some people really have to work at it and I'm more of the second kind. I always had to grind it out, where from him it just flowed.”
“I don't like people waiting on me. I feel it is an unnecessary expense.”
“He guides me and the bird. In His good time!”
“My father respected and admired my mother and was a person who was always standing by my side, encouraging me to do more and believed in my capacity. So in that sense, my own experience was very good in becoming an empowered woman. From early on, I carried that strong message: 'You can do it.' So I never had any doubt that women can do a lot.”

Source : "Interview with Michelle Bachelet, Executive Director of UN Women". Interview, www.un.org. December 3, 2012.
“The message of a leopard-print jumpsuit is clear: 'I am a huntress who delights in eating the offal of her prey.'”

Source : Simon Doonan (2008). “Eccentric Glamour: Creating an Insanely More Fabulous You”, p.61, Simon and Schuster
“Being in a rock band, I feel a certain responsibility to have a weird haircut. I mean, who else gets to do that?”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“I set my sights on making an Olympic team, not realizing how tough it was going to be.”
“I viddied that thinking is for the gloopy ones and that the oomny ones use like inspiration and what Bog sends. For now it was lovely music that came to my aid.”

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