"Everybody feels he has a right to a life of luxury - or at least comfort - so there's a lot of frustration and resentment when the dream craps out."

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Source : Gregory Benford (2010). “Timescape”, p.136, Spectra

Gregory Benford

#Dream Quotes #Frustration Quotes #Luxury Quotes

“A popular disturbance never remains long in the full control of those who start it.”

Source : Ida M. Tarbell (2015). “All in the Day's Work: An Autobiography”, p.101, Ravenio Books
“How strange to have failed as a social creatureâ€”even criminals do not fail that wayâ€”they are the law's "Loyal Opposition," so to speak. But the insane are always mere guests on earth, eternal strangers carrying around broken decalogues that they cannot read.”
“As natural and easy as it has been to be proud, it must become natural for us to be humble.”

Source : Andrew Murray (2001). “Humility: The Journey Toward Holiness”, p.48, Baker Books
“I've never seen a worse situation than that of young writers in the United States. The publishing business in North America is so commercialized.”
“You'll regret the day you ever messed with Philadelphia Collins and sons”
“Fact is fact. Truth is Truth. It does not matter how you feel. We do not listen to our feelings. We believe the truth of God's word.”
“At home the very walls lend you strength.”
“My dear citizens, fellow citizens, French people, this 6th of May, have just chosen change by bringing me the presidency of the French republic. I feel the honor, which has been given to me and the task, the important task faced beyond - in front of you to serve my country.”

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