"The future is made of the same stuff as the present."

-- Simone Weil

#Future Quotes #Stuff Quotes #Made Quotes

“Suspense is torture ... but delightful--or there'd be no gambling in the world.”

Source : Ada Leverson (1907). “The Twelfth Hour”
“To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul.”

Source : Simone Weil (2003). “The Need for Roots: Prelude to a Declaration of Duties Towards Mankind”, p.43, Routledge
“I always go to the lowest common denominator for that ingredient. So if I think squash, I try to think what it means to me -- and if it doesn't mean anything to me, I'm not gonna do well when I cook it. So [squash] means to me: fall, maple syrup, cinnamon, and things just come into your head so you can narrow the vortex and make it a bit smaller and you go with something because there's no time.”
“In various and different circumstances certain objects and individuals are going to turn out to be vital. The wager of survival cannot, by its nature, reveal which, in advance of events.”
“Each State, in ratifying the Constitution, is considered as a sovereign body, independent of all others, and only to be bound by its own voluntary act. In this relation, then, the new Constitution will, if established, be a FEDERAL, and not a NATIONAL constitution.”
“Those who always pray are necessary to those who never pray.”
“Business people have a a good view of what's happening internally in countries, and they can be a positive force.”
“America is now the only global superpower, and Eurasia is the globe's central arena. Hence, what happens to the distribution of power on the Eurasian continent will be of decisive importance to America's global primacy and to America's historical legacy.”

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