"The choice between two of something is not a choice at all, but rather the opportunity to subscribe to the value system which holds the two presented choices as mutually exclusive alternatives."

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Source : Kate Bornstein (2013). “Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women and the Rest of Us”, p.111, Routledge

Kate Bornstein

#Opportunity Quotes #Two Quotes #Choices Quotes

“She knows herself to be at the mercy of events, and she knows by now that events have no mercy.”
“Never being number one in your list of priorities and not minding at all.”
“I learned from both my parents that you had to be clever.”
“Does it not appear to you versatility is the true and rare characteristic of that rare thing called genius-versatility and playfulness? In my mind they are both essential.”

Source : Mary Russell Mitford (1870). “The Life of Mary Russell Mitford ; Related in an Selection from Her Letters to Her Friends. Ed. by A.G. Estrange”, p.238
“They gave themselves up to the stars the way swimmers can surrender to the waves, and the stars took them without resistance.”

Source : Mark Helprin (1983). “Winter's Tale”, p.577, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“I'd much rather eat pasta and drink wine than be a size 0.”
“On the Internet you get continuous innovation, so every year the streams are a little better.”
“I just go to lunch. And I never know when something is going into the file and something is not.”

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