"Victorian values meant brutalizing people who were often poor."

-- Charles Palliser

#People Quotes #Poor Quotes #Victorian Quotes

“I like a cook who smiles out loud when he tastes his own work. Let God worry about your modesty; I want to see your enthusiasm.”
“Don't compromise quickly. Women are more likely to automatically take the first offer on the table because we're more likely to feel "lucky" to be employed at all. But remember, negotiation isn't necessarily one round: you can come back with other asks, even if those things aren't money.”

Source : Source: www.marieclaire.com
“CBS is the largest out-of-home advertising company in the U.S.”
“Eurydice, dying now a second time, uttered no complaint against her husband. What was there to complain of, but that she had been loved?”
“Having children is a huge responsibility, and I just don't want to hand them off to a nanny or my mom to take care of them.”
“It is a misconception to think that during evolution humans sacrificed physical skill in exchange for intelligence: wielding one's body is a mental activity.”

Source : Ted Chiang (2016). “Arrival: Film tie-in”, p.38, Pan Macmillan
“I just happen to comprehend the low standards of the majority of the music-buying public, and I donâ€™t care how condescending that sounds, itâ€™s true. They always go for the shiny gimmicks. Always.”
“Every creature alive on the earth today represents an unbroken line of life that stretches back to the first primitive organism to appear on this planet; and that is about three billion years.”

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