"Circumstances define us; they force us onto one road or another, and then they punish us for it."

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Source : Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev (1994). “Essential Turgenev”, p.163, Northwestern University Press

Ivan Turgenev

#Force Quotes #Circumstances Quotes

“College graduates work in every sector of the American economy, and the research engines incubated within our universities generate a wealth of ideas and innovations that have an enormous impact on our lives.”

Source : "The Promise of American Higher Education" by E. Gordon Gee, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 18, 2012.
“You know why the road curves as you're driving along? It curves because if God showed us the distance from where we are to where weâ€™re going, weâ€™d think it was too far.”
“Trevor realized that the odd thing about English is that no matter how much you screw sequences word up up, you understood, still, like Yoda, will be. Other languages don't work that way. French? Dieu! Misplace a single le or la and an idea vaporizes into a sonic puff. English is flexible: you can jam it into a Cuisinart for an hour, remove it, and meaning will still emerge.”
“If nominated, I shall run to Mexico. If elected, I shall fight extradition.”
“Like most misery, it started with apparent happiness.”

Source : Markus Zusak (2013). “The Book Thief: Enhanced Movie Tie-in Edition”, p.84, RH Childrens Books
“Growth is the mantra of our society because the economy can't remain healthy without growth.Impregnable monopolies aside (and these are few), profits are both the hallmark of capitalism and its Achilles heel, for no business can permanently maintain its prices much above its costs. There is only one way in which profits can be perpetuated; a business-or an entire economy-must grow.”
“I have work to do as a human being.”
“I grew up doing musicals. I've done so many musicals in my life, I kind of got them out of my system. But, I certainly would be open to them. Rocky Horror Show is a big favorite of mine.”

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