"The divine impeccability of the immortal [Soviet] State turned out not only to have suppressed individual human beings but also to have defended them, to have comforted them in their weakness, to have justified their insignificance. The State had taken on its own shoulders the entire weight of responsibility; it had liberated people from the chimera of conscience."

-- Vasily Grossman

#Taken Quotes #Responsibility Quotes #People Quotes

“Don't share your secrets if you preface them with 'just don't tell anybody.”
“Nefarious. This is what we get when we hire a Yale boy.â€ â€œYou missed sacrosanct earlier. And taciturn and glowering,â€ Jack said. â€œWhatâ€™s glowering?â€ â€œMe, apparently.â€ Wilkins pointed. â€œNow that has to be a joke.â€ He turned to Davis. â€œYou heard that, right?â€ Davis didnâ€™t answer him, having spun his chair around to type something at his computer. â€œLetâ€™s see what Google saysâ€¦ Ah â€“ here it is. â€˜Glowering: dark; showing a brooding ill humor.”
“Eating at home is fine, as I can easily work around the foods that don't agree with me and still eat heartily with the rest of my family. I don't force them to follow my diet.”
“I think what Kanye West is going to mean is something similar to what Steve Jobs means. I am undoubtedly, you know, Steve of Internet, downtown, fashion, culture. Period. By a long jump. I honestly feel that because Steve has passed, you know, it's like when Biggie passed and Jay-Z was allowed to become Jay-Z.”
“I feel like I have so many amazing opportunities because of my immigrant mother, my immigrant grandparents. There are so many of us who do come from immigrants - even some people who support Trump's travel ban. I think we need to take a step back and realize what the real issues are - it's not being from different places or being different.”

Source : Source: www.seventeen.com
“Trickster, love will be the end of you.”
“Melancholy is the pleasure of being sad.”
“Americans consume three quarters of the world's anti-depressants because materialism will never bring happiness.”

Source : Source: www.beliefnet.com

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