"The human race may well become extinct before the end of the century. Speaking as a mathematician, I should say the odds are about three to one against survival."

-- Bertrand Russell

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“Liberal child welfare experts decided that child abuse was not evidence of a moral or character flaw in the abusing parent. Instead, like poverty, crime, and homelessness, child abuse came to be viewed as evidence of a societal failure.”

Source : Mona Charen (2006). “Do-Gooders: How Liberals Hurt Those They Claim to Help and the Rest of Us”, Sentinel
“Donâ€™t try to make life a mathematics problem with yourself in the center and everything coming out equal. When youâ€™re good, bad things can still happen. And if youâ€™re bad, you can still be lucky.”
“Anybody who wants to go into any business, I always say that you have to make a commitment to yourself to make it a part of your nature like the air you breathe. I don't mean that lightly. It's hard. You have to do the work, and a lot of it is going to be during your own personal downtime. And you have to be interested in it. You can never study enough, and you can never learn enough.”

Source : Source: aalbc.com
“When we think we know we cease to learn.”

Source : Sir Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1952). “Radhakrishnan: An Anthology”
“My colleagues and I fought to increase the resources to address several things, like maternity, prenatal, and newborn care, and mental health and substance abuse treatment. These are things everybody should care about, and resources should be available for families.”

Source : Source: www.glamour.com
“Rosemary and Guy Woodhouse had signed a lease on a five-room apartment in a geometric white house on First Avenue when they received word, from a woman named Mrs. Cortez, that a four-room apartment in the Bramford had become available.”

Source : Ira Levin (1985). “Three by Ira Levin”, Random House (NY)
“Cancer is such a ruthless adversary because it behaves as if it has its own fiendishly cunning agenda.”
“I have ... spoken to the heads of various Wall Street equity derivatives trading desks and every single one of the senior managers I spoke with told me that Bernie Madoff was a fraud. Of course no one wants to take an undue career risk by sticking their head up ... The fewer people who know who wrote this report the better. I am worried about the personal safety of myself and my family.”

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