"The AEC scientists were so narrowly focused on arming the United States for nuclear war that they failed to perceive facts - even widely known ones - that were outside their limited field of vision."

-- Barry Commoner

#War Quotes #Vision Quotes #United States Quotes

“This is the culmination of a lot of people's vision. I think this is just another step towards making Central Michigan football among the elite programs in the Mid-American Conference.”
“There's another little vision in my life, going into a restaurant in New York years ago: All the women are sitting in their little strapless dresses with their cleavage, and there's this one woman in a sleeveless turtleneck and pants. And I can tell you that every man in that restaurant looked at that woman's arms. It was hypnotizing when everything was covered up. Just the face, the conversation - and you see the arms. And the arms and the hands become an obsession. I like that.”
“The stars incline, but do not impel.”
“I've always lived in a city.”

Source : "Ana Gasteyer Talks Living in Suburgatory". Interview with Marisa Fox, www.redbookmag.com. March 15, 2012.
“In the old days, one married a wife; now one forms a company with a female partner, or moves in to live with a friend. And then one seduces the partner, or defiles the friend.”
“If any man thinks ill of you, do not be angry with him, for you are worse than he thinks you to be.”
“I think, if you have enough inner resources, then you can live in isolation for long periods of time and not feel diminished by it.”
“Grandpa ... was ever ready to cheer and help me, ever sure that I was a remarkable specimen. He was a dear old man who asked little from life and got less.”

Source : Miles Franklin (2017). “Childhood At Brindabella: My First Ten Years”, p.66, ETT Imprint

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