"There is a whole lot more to life than winning."

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Source : Jojo Moyes (2012). “The Girl You Left Behind”, p.336, Penguin UK

Jojo Moyes

#Winning Quotes #More To Life Quotes

“When you lose the shootout, you feel like you lost the hockey game, ... But we didn't lose the hockey game. We lost a point and they gained a point. That's the reality of it.”
“Criticism is not construction, it is observation.”
“You can be angry and silent, but it's no use - there's no distance in the spirit - besides, my words touch you more softly than my hands.”
“It's about focusing on the fight and not the fright.”
“3:12 pm Secretly, I admit, I find many of my classmates annoying. I've often thought to myself, 'Good grief, these people are five-year-olds. Why must I spend my days among them?' But have I ever said such things aloud? No. I have been nothing but generous to them, and kept these thoughts to myself. And how have they repaid me? Have they been grateful or kind? Ho NO!”
“Cultural analysis is intrinsically incomplete. And, worse than that, the more deeply it goes the less complete it is.”

Source : Clifford Geertz (1973). “The Interpretation of Cultures: Selected Essays”, p.29, Basic Books
“When will the day come that our dignity will be fully restored, when the purpose of our lives will no longer be merely to survive until the sun rises tomorrow!”
“It seems to me that our problem has a lot less to do with the mechanics of solar power than the politics of human powerâ€”specifically whether there can be a shift in who wields it, a shift away from corporations and toward communities, which in turn depends on whether or not the great many people who are getting a rotten deal under our current system can build a determined and diverse enough social force to change the balance of power.”

Source : Naomi Klein (2014). “This Changes Everything: Capitalism Vs. The Climate”, p.25, Simon and Schuster

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