"It is a common observation that those who dwell continually upon their expectations are apt to become oblivious to the requirements of their actual situation."

-- Charles Sanders Peirce

#Acceptance Quotes #Expectations Quotes #Requirements Quotes

“Vigorous societies harbour a certain extravagance of objectives.”
“At Christmas, individuals are apportioned their roles in the family script - you're either the funny one or the sensitive one; or you either do the cooking or the washing up. And those roles aren't easy to change.”
“The law is not an end in itself, nor does it provide ends. It is preeminently a means to serve what we think is right.”

Source : "Author stresses Justice Brennan's continued relevance" by Bill Mears, www.cnn.com. September 29, 2010.
“Nobody needs an Artist, but everyone needs ART.”
“The ones that make it complicated never get congratulated”
“I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognized wiser than oneself.”
“I always seem to write personal songs; that's always been my go-to thing, to write about what I'm experiencing.”

Source : Source: thequietus.com
“He would not mind hearing Petrus's story one day. But preferably not reduced to English. More and more he is convinced that English is an unfit medium for the truth of South Africa. Stretches of English code whole sentences long have thickened, lost their articulations, their articulateness, their articulatedness. Like a dinosaur expiring and settling in the mud, the language has stiffened. Pressed into the mold of English, Petrus's story would come out arthritic, bygone"(117).”

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