"Never underestimate the power of helplessness!"

-- Marilyn French

#Weakness Quotes #Underestimate Quotes #Helplessness Quotes

“There have been times when I've reflected on my international career and just thought: 'Well that was a massive waste of time.' Sorry for sounding sour, but my best mate, David Beckham, got butchered after the World Cup in 1998, then my brother, Phil, after Euro 2000.”
“I'm against the theory of the multinational corporations who say if you are against hunger you must be for GMO. That's wrong, there is plenty of natural, normal good food in the world to nourish the double of humanity. There is absolutely no justification to produce genetically modified food except the profit motive and the domination of the multinational corporations.”

Source : "The global power shift". TED conference, www.ted.com. December 2011.
“I don't care a damn for their guns, or you either, sir! What I want is the Southside Railroad!”
“I prefer being able to see my opponent. It is just different for me; I didn't grow up with the internet age really.”

Source : Source: pokerworks.com
“There is a technical, literary term for those who mistake the opinions and beliefs of characters in a novel for those of the author. The term is 'idiot'.”
“I knew if I got loaded I was going away for a while. People would say, Oh, you're just sober because you're on probation.”
“The life of the wood, meadow, and lake go on without us. Flowers bloom, set seed and die back; squirrels hide nuts in the fall and scold all year long; bobcats track the snowy lake in winter; deer browse the willow shoots in spring. Humans are but intruders who have presumed the right to be observers, and who, out of observation, find understanding.”

Source : Ann Zwinger (1970). “Beyond the Aspen Grove”, p.9, Big Earth Publishing
“To be loved is important as is having a sense of accomplishment but to love is equally important in life especially when it is combined with taking action to do something for someone else to make their life better.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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