"We've come to expect so little from online privacy measures that public displays of concern about the matter are more or less for show. Being devastated to discover you've been tagged in somebody else's photo has an air of the melodramatic about it at this point."

-- Sloane Crosley

#Air Quotes #Littles Quotes #Matter Quotes

“If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle”
“When you look to the past, don't sit and dwell on your regrets. Instead, focus on the things you learned from each experience and how they may enrich your future. Use the past not as something to hold you back, but as a method for reaffirming the drive to move forward on your chosen path.”
“History marches to the drum of a clear idea.”
“The American press is extraordinarily free and vigorous, as it should be. It should be, not because it is free of inaccuracy, oversimplification and bias, but because the alternative to that freedom is worse than those failings.”

Source : "Abroad At Home; Getting Even" by Anthony Lewis, www.nytimes.com. April 11, 1985.
“In days of doubt, in days of dreary musings on my country's fate, you alone are my comfort and support, oh great, powerful, righteous, and free Russian language!”
“I think it would be impossible if you had a name like mine not to get a little flack for it.”
“Concentration, Confidence, Competitive urge, Capacity for enjoyment.”

Source : Arnold Palmer (1970). “Situation golf”
“In high school, my sister went out with the captain of the chess team. My parents loved him... They figured that any guy that took hours to make a move was okay with them.”

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