"One must be careful with words. Words turn probabilities into facts and by sheer force of definition translate tendencies into habits."

-- Fay Weldon

#Definitions Quotes #Facts Quotes #Habit Quotes

“Surely I have contemplated the things of God.”
“For a lifetime I had bathed with becoming regularity, and thought the world would come to an end unless I changed my socks every day. But in Africa I sometimes went without a bath for two months, and I went two weeks at a time without even changing my socks. Oddly enough, it didn't seem to make much difference.”
“When I got 'Family Ties', I wasn't even thinking about being an actress. I thought I might become a window dresser.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“There is no difference between saving lives and extending lives, because in both cases we are giving people the chance of more life.”
“Ideally, peace means the absence of violence. It is an ethical value.”
“I rarely plan my research; it plans me.”
“Men like me are impossible until the day when they become necessary.”
“It's good for me to see so many other people who are not me. That there are so many others. I feel affection for them. Most of them are doing the best they can. I am also doing the best I can.”

Source : Erlend Loe (2011). “Naïve. Super”, p.115, Canongate Books

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