"Are there experts, ethical experts, that's very offensive to all of us? Because it's part of our humanity to have a stake in these questions to feel that we ourselves know the difference between right and wrong. And then along come these experts, philosophers, claiming, you know, an expertise, a special training, a special skill, a special talent."

-- Rebecca Goldstein

#Skills Quotes #Differences Quotes #Humanity Quotes

“Right after winning the Oscar, when everyone was going home, they let these little gold Oscary shapes flutter down from the ceiling. Leonardo DiCaprio came over, bowed down, and kissed my hand. It was the most fabulous moment - such a lovely gesture. He didn't say anything.”
“Change and decay in all around I see...”
“Women's modesty generally increases with their beauty.”
“Women were the very devil, at the mercy of their frail strength.”
“I walked around as you do, investigating the endless star, and in my net, during the night, I woke up naked, the only thing caught, a fish trapped inside the wind.”
“That is so personal, and itâ€™s my pet peeve when people press you on it. And itâ€™s always women who get asked! Is anybody saying that to George Clooney?”
“O grant me, Heaven, a middle state, Neither too humble nor too great; More than enough, for nature's ends, With something left to treat my friends.”

Source : Imitation of Horace.
“There is no Jesus without Judas, no Martin Luther King, Jr., without the Klan; no Ali without Joe Frazier; no freedom without tyranny. No wisdom exists that does not include perspective. Relativity is the greatest gift.”

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