"In 1980 I was a red kid and no one could have said anything bad about the Soviet Union. At least this is how my grandfather used to remember me. Around 1981, I became a pro-capitalist person and it stuck."

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Source : "Helmut Schmidt on global warming". Lubos Motl's blog, motls.blogspot.nl. June 5, 2007.

Lubos Motl

#Kids Quotes #Grandfather Quotes #Unions Quotes

“The worst thing you can do if you want to start a fight is to use derogatory terminology.”
“To love is to see myself in you and to wish to celebrate myself with you. What I love is the embodiment of my values in another person. Love is an act of self-assertion, self-expression and a celebration of being alive.”
“I call his ['Straight Outta Compton'] story a Disneyland because it's an illusion. It is how he wanted it to be remembered, so that is how he portrayed it. And he had every right to do that. As did I.”
“You don't want modesty, you want humility. Humility comes from inside out. It says someone was here before me and I'm here because I've been paid for. I have something to do and I will do that because I'm paying for someone else who has yet to come.”
“Ideas for my first experiments in human aggression came from discussions we had in a research seminar about William Golding's 'Lord of the Flies.'”
“The question is not whether Scotland can survive as a separate state. Of course it could.”

Source : "Why Scotland should stay a partner in the United Kingdom". www.theguardian.com. June 27, 2012.
“Make your home as comfortable and attractive as possible and then get on with living. There's more to life than decorating.”
“If you do a job, do it right or there is no point.”

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