"people always make mistakes when they fancy themselves exceptions ..."

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Source : Geraldine Endsor Jewsbury (2009). “Zoe: The History of Two Lives”, p.161, ReadHowYouWant.com

Geraldine Jewsbury

#Mistake Quotes #People Quotes #Fancy Quotes

“If the state, with all of the emotional resources at its command, cannot finance its most basic and vital activities without resort to compulsion, it would seem that large private organizations might also have difficulty in getting the individuals in the groups whose interests they attempt to advance to make the necessary contributions voluntarily.”

Source : Mancur OLSON (2009). “THE LOGIC OF COLLECTIVE ACTION”, p.13, Harvard University Press
“On the waves of the brook she dances by, The light, the lovely dragon-fly; She dances here, she dances there, The shimmering, glimmering flutterer fair. And many a foolish young beetle's impressed By the blue gauze gown in which she is dressed; They admire the enamel that decks her bright, And her elegant waist so slim and slight...”
“I write the way you might arrange flowers. Not every try works, but each one launches another. Every constraint, even dullness, frees up a new design.”
“I am willing to be annoying if that's what was necessary.”
“Feeling a little bit alive is a lot better than just waiting to die.”
“When we live the love of the Gospel out loud, a revolution will occur,”
“Paris was a museum displaying exactly itself.”
“And sometimes you're not noticing a little eye movement that's hilarious. So it all kind of gets figured out in post. And that guy you were watching was this guy Murray Miller, who's actually not an actor, he's a writer that Rodney and I are friends with. He's just crazily funny, especially when hitting on people.”

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