"Events are not a matter of chance."

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Source : Robert St. John, Gamal Abdel Nasser (1960). “The boss: the story of Gamal Abdel Nasser”

Gamal Abdel Nasser

#Events Quotes #Matter Quotes #Chance Quotes

“There is nothing I would change - to change it I would have had to write a totally different book.”

Source : "The Bookseller of Kabul author cleared of invading Afghan family's privacy" by Alexandra Topping, www.theguardian.com. December 13, 2011.
“The greatest compliment to any player is he is a great teammate. We can't all be great players, but we can all be great teammates”

Source : Jay Bilas (2013). “Toughness: Developing True Strength On and Off the Court”, p.28, Penguin
“By the time I entered this prestigious high school, my interest in formal education had already been exhausted.”
“For any couple, once you delve into the idea of non-monogamy, you're entering pretty frightening territory.”
“The sources of poetry are in the spirit seeking completeness.”

Source : "Shadows and Miracles: Poems". Book by Cristina Necula (p. 7), 2007.
“We have to remind ourselves constantly that we are not saviours. We are simply a tiny sign, among thousands of others, that love is possible, that the world is not condemned to a struggle between oppressors and oppressed, that class and racial warfare is not inevitable.”
“The artist is always engaged in writing a detailed history of the future because he is the only person aware of the nature of the present.”
“Looking for the perfect day is not going to make us happy, because that day isn't going to come.”

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