"God! Whose hand was I holding?"

-- Shirley Jackson

“Everyone can rise above their circumstances and achieve success if they are dedicated to and passionate about what they do.”

Source : Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.112, Pan Macmillan
“He has no clue that I have the patience of a saint. At least that's what Carlos says, although that isn't saying much, considering his fuse is about as short as an eyelash.”
“Since the eighteenth century the immense expansion of the worlds wealth has come about as a result of a correspondingly immense expansion of credit, which in turn has demanded increasingly stupendous suspensions of disbelief.”
“I focus on the individual and not seeing this great big monster, 'the press.'”
“To many people holidays are not voyages of discovery, but a ritual of reassurance.”
“It can only take a moment to waste the rest of your life.”
“One thing I really like about philosophy is that it's possible actually to do work in a wide range of different areas. I am particularly happy that I've even been able to do work in logic that has allowed me to use and develop my mathematical abilities, as well as to work on quite distant topics in philosophy of language and mind.”
“John Galt is Prometheus who changed his mind. After centuries of being torn by vultures in payment for having brought to men the fire of the gods, he broke his chainsâ€”and he withdrew his fireâ€”until the day when men withdraw their vultures.”

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