"I believe that in a contest between the living and the almost living, the latter must, if necessary, give way to the will of the former."

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Anna Quindlen

#Believe Quotes #Giving Quotes #Abortion Quotes

“I'm extremely confident that solar will be at least a plurality of power, and most likely a majority... in less than 20 years.”
“Every day I wake up, there's a little part of my brain that's thinking I might die in a terrorist attack today.”
“Some people say Iâ€™m a dreamer, others say, 'If you fall asleep at work again weâ€™re going to have to let you go'.”
“The “Vasco da Gama's era” ends in a nightmare in which men-Westerners and non-Westerners alike-are bewildered by this confusion and the old fancy of the apprenti sorcier becomes tragically actual.”

Source : Carlo M. Cipolla (1966). “Guns, sails and empires: technological innovation and the early phases of European expansion, 1400-1700”
“Happy birthday! Hope your 50s will be as awesome as your 40s.”
“A lot of our fellow liberals ... seem to me rather to doom themselves to futility in public affairs because the won't recognize that there's a zone of natural affection midway between the inner, or family one, and the outer, or all-humanity one. I suppose they are somehow short of a zone themselves and they seem to get vexed... The common man knows better, just as he'd know better if some philosopher told him he ought not to make invidious distinctions by feeding his own children in preference to others. But of course he can't explain; he just ... goes on feeding the kids.”
“I'll never look at you in any way but complete admiration.â€ He stroked her hair soothingly. â€œYou will never be a millstone about my neck. Rather you're the sunshine that brightens my day.â€ He swallowed. â€œDon't you see? You brought me into the daylight. You've embraced parts of me that I was never able to let see light. Don't make me retreat again into the night. (Winter Makepeace)”
“I act because I have to, because I need to find out whether I can do it or not - that's what drives me and excites me and lights me up.”

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