"Human beings are naturally flawed when it comes to time and memory. The past is forgotten, or it is believed bad things will not recur, and people become bound in their current problems. That which afflicted the grandfathers of their grandfathers is a distant, dim thing, and not as important as present concerns, no matter how trivial."

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Source : Kristen Britain (2011). “The High King's Tomb”, p.275, Hachette UK

Kristen Britain

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“I can conceive of no nightmare so terrifying as establishing communication with a so-called superior (or, if you wish, advanced) technology in outer space.”
“The best way to know what's in the soup, is to boil yourself in it.”
“Man that is of woman born is apt to be as vain has his mother.”
“I think the majority of the British people are still sanguine about the need for war.”
“Everybody knows the rules, even though some break those rules.”
“Life is short. I'm years old. I've got years to go where I can be the best I can be. I want those years to be precious, not like before, cranking two or three movies a year. I've made a ton of movies in my life, but so what?”
“If you're not sure about whether to support Mitt Romney, whether you're liberal, or whether you're very conservative, you ought to be excited, because he's been on your side at one time or another. So I'm not completely misunderstood. I'm not as excited as I am desperate.”

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