"I was already a wreck when I went in, and prison nearly destroyed what little was left of me. I was worse when I came out than I was when I went in, and was not positively changed in any way."

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Source : Source: therumpus.net

Patricia McConnell

#Wrecks Quotes #Littles Quotes #Way Quotes

“As a species, we are most animated when our days and nights on Earth are touched by the natural world. We can find immeasurable joy in the birth of a child, a great work of art, or falling in love.”
“I always have a plan, but itâ€™s like the plan for a journey. Once youâ€™re on the road, you change things. If nothing changes, if you end up with something thatâ€™s just as you planned it, then you havenâ€™t created art.”
“If you want to join the ranks of the people who changed the game, change yourself and the people around you as well.”
“Mean-spirited mediocrities, especially those with a smattering of learning, are the most likely to be opinionated. Only strong minds know how to correct their opinions and abandon a bad position.”
“When I first signed with the Yankees, the regulars wouldn't talk to you until you were with the team three or four years. Nowadays the rookies get $100,000 to sign and they don't talk to the regulars.”
“It's very different doing a food show in America and doing one in Britain. I did a 20-part series for the BBC series called 'Eating With the Enemy.' The budget for all 20 episodes was probably the budget for a single episode of 'Top Chef.' It's the difference between making a home movie in your backyard and going to Hollywood.”
“The Internet is a big boon to academic research. Gone are the days spent in dusty library stacks digging for journal articles. Many articles are available free to the public in open-access journal or as preprints on the authors' website.”

Source : "Nick Bostrom on the Future, Transhumanism and the End of the World". Interview with Jonathan McCalmont, ieet.org. January 22, 2007.
“Now you say, alas! Christianity is hard; I grant it; but gainful and happy. I contemn the difficulty when I respect the advantage. The greatest labors that have answerable requitals are less than the least that have no regard. Believe me, when I look to the reward, I would not have the work easier. It is a good Master whom we serve, who not only pays, but gives; not after the proportion of our earnings, but of His own mercy.”

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