"And while I was not an admirer of people in the specific, I liked them in the abstract. It is only the execution of the idea that disappoints."

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Source : Elizabeth McCracken (2013). “The Giant's House”, p.189, Random House

Elizabeth McCracken

#Ideas Quotes #People Quotes #Execution Quotes

“I used LiveJournal frequently, almost daily, since ~age 13 until ~18. I kept a personal diary there. I also participated in various "LiveJournal communities". At the risk of sounding patronizing or something, I see LiveJournal and now Tumblr as wonderful because they give young girls ways to interact with eachother and learn and talk about new interests, ideas etc as well as support eachother emotionally.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“I think that the American people should rest assured and be assured that every federal agency that has a role to play in this terrorism is working overtime now, taking every necessary action to protect our great citizens.”

Source : "America's New War: Responding to Terrorism". "Larry King Live", edition.cnn.com. October 1, 2001.
“all success cloaks a surrender”
“I don't need the news. If they have a war, I figure someone will tell me.”
“We are a breed apart from the rest of humanity, we theatre folk.We are the original displaced personalities, concentrated gatherings of neurotics, egomaniacs, emotional misfits and precocious children.”
“We started our foundation because we believe we have a real opportunity to help advance equity around the world, to help make sure that, no matter where a person is born, he or she has the chance to live a healthy, productive life.”
“The act of abortion positions women at their most powerful, and that is why it is so strongly opposed by many in society. Historically viewed as and conditioned to be passive, dependent creatures, victims of biological circumstance, women often find it difficult to embrace this power over life and death. They fall prey to the assumption, the myth, that they cannot be trusted with it.”

Source : Merle Hoffman (2012). “Intimate Wars: The Life and Times of the Woman Who Brought Abortion from the Back Alley to the Board Room”, p.59, The Feminist Press at CUNY
“They decided that all liars should be whipped. And a man came along and told them the truth. And they hanged him.”

Source : Thomas William Hodgson Crosland (1908). “Little stings”

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