"If you cannot catch a bird of paradise, better take a wet hen."

-- Nikita Khrushchev

#Bird Quotes #Political Quotes #Advice Quotes

“America's political system used to be about the pursuit of happiness. Now More and more of us want to stop chasing it and have it delivered.”

Source : Jonah Goldberg (2008). “Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning”, p.20, Crown Forum
“Because to write, one must truly suffer.”
“When you acknowledge God, He will go before you and make the crooked places straight.”
“At my age, I'm just happy to be named the greatest living anything.”
“Everyone rises to their level of incompetence.”
“Teachers of science in schools and colleges must be masters of the tools for ensuring integrity in science and must instill them in their students.”

Source : Lewis M. Branscomb (1997). “Confessions of a Technophile”, p.43, Springer Science & Business Media
“When you are free of your self in your heart, your labouring within your self is therapeutic to your self. It is a constant blend into your self of what your own Being is. The movement of love, enjoying being at work in the self. The movement of love, enjoying making a change in your self. The enjoyment of application.”
“I can tell you that as a writer and as a reader, I regard character as king. Or queen. No matter how riveting the action or interesting the plot twists, if I don't feel like I'm meeting someone who feels real, I'm not going to be compelled to read further.”

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