"That cruelty which children are permitted to show to birds and other animals will most probably exert itself on their fellow creatures when at years of maturity."

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Samuel Richardson

#Children Quotes #Maturity Quotes #Animal Quotes

“ALPHA-60: Your name is written "Ivan Johnson," but it is pronounced "Lemmy Caution," Secret Agent Zero Zero Three of the Outlands. You are a threat to the security of Alphaville. CAUTION: I refuse to become what you call "normal." ... ALPHA-60: You cannot escape. The door is locked. CAUTION: Try to stop me, pal.”
“The level of ignorance is declining, and the ability to accumulate data and manipulate it for various ends is increasing.”
“It was a terrible psychic blow... Ebbets Field was replaced by a housing project. How could a father tell his son where Duke Snider used to hit one? Point out Apartment 5Q?”
“On film Vanilla Sky: You're going to get the full experience of what love is.”
“Life changes fast. Life changes in the instant. You sit down to dinner and life as you know it ends.”

Source : Joan Didion (2009). “The Year of Magical Thinking: The Play”, p.4, Vintage
“I daydreamed for motivation. I didn't lie to myself and talk about my passions and how if I was passionate enough about something I could be successful at it.”
“Stories are the single most powerful tool in a leader's toolkit.”
“Begin with the simplest examples.”

Source : "Hilbert - Courant". Book by Constance Reid, p. 104, 1984.

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