"College wasn't like the real world. In the real world people dropped names based on their renown. In college, people dropped names based on their obscurity."

-- Jeffrey Eugenides

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“No democracy has ever long survived the failure of its adherents to be ready to die for it. My own conviction is this, the people must either go on or go under.”
“Cormoran Strike is an amazing creation and I can't wait for his next outing. Strike is so instantly compelling that it's hard to believe this is a debut novel. I hope there are plenty more Cormoran Strike adventures to come. A beautifully written debut novel introducing one of the most unique and compelling detectives I've come across in years.”
“I shoot reality-based movies, and in actual locations, shooting them with a star is next to impossible.”
“[Good managers] know that people have 'good' sides and 'bad' sides and that the secret of good management is in magnifying the former and toning down the latter.”
“Organized charity itself is. . . the surest sign that our civilization has bred, is breeding and is perpetuating constantly increasing numbers of defectives, delinquents and dependents”
“Here is my advice as we begin the century that will lead to 2081. First, guard the freedom of ideas at all costs. Be alert that dictators have always played on the natural human tendency to blame others and to oversimplify. And don't regard yourself as a guardian of freedom unless you respect and preserve the rights of people you disagree with to free, public, unhampered expression.”
“Every constellationâ€™s like its own fairy tale.”
“In a nutshell, the fountain of happiness can be found in how you behave, what you think, and what goals you set every day of your life.”

Source : Sonja Lyubomirsky (2007). “The How of Happiness: A New Approach to Getting the Life You Want”, p.65, Penguin

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