"You had to live in your own bubble. You couldn't force your way into someone else's, because then it wouldn't be a bubble any more."

-- Nick Hornby

#Way Quotes #Force Quotes #Bubbles Quotes

“Jokes are better than war. Even the most aggressive jokes are better than the least aggressive wars. Even the longest jokes are better than the shortest wars.”
“Jazz is known all over the world as an American musical art form and that's it. No America, no jazz. I've seen people try to connect it to other countries, for instance to Africa, but it doesn't have a damn thing to do with Africa.”
“I get up really early, and I go to bed really late. Sometimes I get tired, but it's not important. I have an exciting existence, and there's so much to do.”
“As a reporter, I approach every situation knowing that everyone has his or her own agenda. It's not a bad thing; it's just a fact.”
“It is equally demonstrable that so far as Texas is concerned, there have been equal confusion, insecurity and injustice in the administration of the State governments.”
“To be hopeful in bad times is based on the fact that human history is not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness. If we see only the worst, it destroys our capacity to do something. If we remember those times and places where people have behaved magnificently, this gives us the energy to act. And if we do act, in however small a way, we don't have to wait for some grand Utopian future. The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory.”
“Long books, when read, are usually overpraised, because the reader wishes to convince others and himself that he has not wasted his time.”
“We need diversity of thought in the world to face the new challenges.”

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