"Human beings can get used to virtually anything, given plenty of time and no choice in the matter whatsoever."

-- Tom Holt

#Choices Quotes #Matter Quotes #Given Quotes

“See, unlike most hackers, I get little joy out of figuring out how to install the latest toy.”
“As to giving credit to whom credit is due, rest assured the best way to do good to one's-self is to do justice to others. There is plenty for everybody in science, and more than can be consumed in our time. One may get a fair name by suppressing references, but the Jewish maxim is true, 'He who seeks a name loses fame.'”
“I came up in a family oriented towards the sick, so I always felt an obligation for doing something.”
“You come to know the aches and vanities and tastes and intrigues of an entire neighborhood at a drug store.”
“The way we see the world is not actually the world in itself. What we see is our idea of it. The truth is, we have no notion of what the world is other than through the veils of our perception.”
“The disease of men is that they neglect their own fields and go to weed the fields of others.”

Source : Mencius (1875). “The Life and Works of Mencius: With Essays and Notes”, p.380, Digireads.com Publishing
“Following celebrities or people you don't regularly see in person often doesn't add to our happiness. The best use of social media is to deepen existing close relationships or create new ones.”
“I was a theater dork in high school and did all the plays. My theater teacher in high school, Janet Spahr, was absolutely incredible and mentored me throughout school. She taught me a lot about relying on my instincts.”

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

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