"A rule without exceptions is an instrument capable of doing mischief to the innocent and bringing grief - as well as injustice - to those who should gain exemptions from the rule's functioning."

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Source : Derrick A. Bell (1994). “Confronting Authority: Reflections of an Ardent Protester”, Beacon Press (MA)

Derrick Bell

#Inspirational Quotes #Grief Quotes #Gains Quotes

“I find that I've tried to become a better hockey player every year and not just hold on. At the same time, I've also made it a point to increase or grow in some other area of my life. If I were just playing hockey, I would probably be done with the sport.”
“It's going to take an act of Congress to deal with poverty and hunger, not only in this country, but throughout the world. We have the resources but we don't have the will.”
“It's hard to see how much of our social fabric is made up of a radical refusal to love people.”

Source : "Soul to Keep". Interview with Ryan Dombal, pitchfork.com.
“I wasn't really the most charming person, socially - it took me a long time to develop my people skills - but the one place I was always comfortable was onstage, acting or singing.”
“One writes because one has been touched by the yearning for and the despair of ever touching the Other.”

Source : Charles Simic (2013). “The Monster Loves His Labyrinth”, p.67, Copper Canyon Press
“Be warned against all 'good' advice because 'good' advice is necessarily 'safe' advice, and though it will undoubtedly follow a sane pattern, it will very likely lead one into total sterility--one of the crushing problems of our time.”
“For me [in my stand-ups] I do what is from the heart. I do what I relate to, what I can talk about, things that I can define. I don't try to talk about things just because they might be a popular subject. I talk about things I know about.”
“Being famous is not all that one should want in life...there is much more to life than name and fame...”

Source : Tim Harford (2012). “The Undercover Economist”, p.113, Oxford University Press, USA

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