"I would confront the thieves, I thought, and the self-evident justice of my case would cause them to crumble before me. I don't know why I expected such extravagant results from the application of mere justice. That kind of calculation is seldom borne out by worldly events."

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Source : "Julian Comstock: A Story of the 22nd Century". Book by Robert Charles Wilson, June 1, 2009.

Robert Charles Wilson

#Self Quotes #Justice Quotes #Thieves Quotes

“You are damned and praised, or encouraged or discouraged by those who listen to you, and those who come to applaud you. And to me, those people are very important.”
“To be able to achieve the laudable goals (of preventing and treating HIV/AIDS), especially for us in sub-Saharan Africa, there is the need for us to invest in improving our weak health systems. The inadequate number of healthcare facilities in many of our countries are major issues of concern.”
“All of us, consciously or unconsciously, set out to have the best possible love life. Valentine's Day simply shines a light on the degree to which that didn't - or hasn't yet - materialized.”

Source : "In Defense Of Valentine’s Day" by Tracy McMillan, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 14, 2012.
“Why don't the Beatles get back together? Why don't nobody sing of romance?”
“We loved each other in the same difficult, unusable way where you took turns doing it, instead of ever managing to do it at the same time.”

Source : Laura Dave (2011). “The First Husband: A Novel”, p.235, Penguin
“When teams win and play well, everyone benefits from a financial standpoint. But everyone takes pride in people being able to achieve at that level.”
“Christianity is the enemy of liberty and civilization.”
“Because all of biology is connected, one can often make a breakthrough with an organism that exaggerates a particular phenomenon, and later explore the generality.”

Source : "Funding above and beyond scientific research". Interview with Holger Breithaupt, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. September 15, 2001.

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