"My anxiety about disasters is lower. The more you know, the less scary any of this stuff is. And that's my hope for the book. I want to get people's attention and tell them very valuable and ultimately hopeful information, and you find out nothing is as scary as your imagination."

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Source : Source: www.motherjones.com

Amanda Ripley

#Book Quotes #People Quotes #Imagination Quotes

“You've got to be quick on your feet in this world if you want to survive. Though once you know the rules, it is not too hard to play the game.”

Source : Bryce Courtenay (2011). “The Power of One”, p.96, ReadHowYouWant.com
“I probably wouldn't kill a spider now, I'd probably try to scoop it up in a cup and put it outside, but not for any reason other than I don't need to take other lives recklessly. But other than that, I don't believe in ... anything. Anything, anything.”
“We are all dead men on leave.”
“Look past your thoughts, so you may drink the pure nectar of This Moment.”
“To be a European is to try to negotiate morally, intellectually and existentially the opposing statements and praxis of the city of Socrates and the city of Isaiah.”
“It's always been a dream of mine to be in a Woody Allen comedy.”
“The TSA must think we're mushrooms. You know, the way they are trying to keep us in the dark, and the way they keep feeding us a fertilizing agent that comes from the south end of a north-bound cow.”
“If you have millions of dollars you are not going to get to continue doing what you want. You are into a world of commitment to that money and all the people that helped you get that money.”

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