"The playful kitten, with its pretty little tigerish gambols, is infinitely more amusing than half the people one is obliged to live with in the world."

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Source : Lady Morgan (Sydney) (1829). “The Book of the Boudoir”, p.43

Sydney, Lady Morgan

#Cat Quotes #People Quotes #Half Quotes

“Whoever has the mind to fight has broken his connection with the universe. If you try to dominate people you are already defeated. We study how to resolve conflict, not how to start it.”
“The science of anti-Semitism has as its object Judaism as a social problem, being thus, necessarily, the synthesis of all sciences that can contribute to its solution.”

Source : "Ştiinţa antisemitismului ("The Science of Anti-Semitism")". "Apararea Nationala" ("The National Defense") No. 16, Nov. 15, 1922.
“I don't like the vulgarity of Oscars weekend, but it's also sweet. It's prom weekend for anyone who didn't experience the real prom: the nerds, gay, arty outsiders. Hollywood is high school with money.”

Source : Source: www.thedailybeast.com
“We have a visceral reaction to the idea that anyone would make very much money helping other people. Interesting that we don't have a visceral reaction to the notion that people would make a lot of money NOT helping other people.”

Source : "The way we think about charity is dead wrong". TED conference, www.ted.com. March 2013.
“Scrum is like your mother-in-law, it points out ALL your faults.”
“Bandwagoning is a strategy for the weak.”

Source : John J. Mearsheimer (2003). “The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (Updated Edition)”, p.180, W. W. Norton & Company
“The unprepared speaker has a right to be afraid.”
“The mastery of the turn is the story of how aviation became practical as a means of transportation. It is the story of how the world became small.”

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