"I'm a refugee from the past, and like other refugees I go over the customs and habits of being I've left or been forced to leave behind me, and it all seems just as quaint, from here, and I am just as obsessive about it."

-- Margaret Atwood

#Past Quotes #Habit Quotes #Quaint Quotes

“Every boss started as a worker.”
“Above all, be suspicious of your fatherland. Nobody is more inclined to become a murderer than a fatherland.”
“There is an honourable tradition in British public life that those charged with authority at the top of an organisation should accept responsibility for what happens in that organisation. I am therefore writing to the prime minister today to tender my resignation as chairman of the BBC.”

Source : "Resignation statement by Gavyn Davies", www.theguardian.com. January 28, 2004.
“We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake.”
“The nazis slaughtered millions because they dehumanized their victims... but when it comes to dehumanizing victims the most useful and most widely used tool throughout history is, of course, religion.”
“When you make his sandwiches, put a sexy or loving note in his lunch box.”
“Just because you're starting from something which you know - a theory which you know is right and trying to further develop your understand of that theory is maybe a more fruitful thing to do than trying to just throw all that out and start afresh with something more speculative.”
“It's going to sound like the easy answer, but I love them both. I do! I really don't prefer one over the other. With movies, you really dive into a character for two to three months, but then it's gone. With a TV series, you have a constant location you're living in, and you're always working on the same character along with people who are like your own family. I'm lucky to have done both.”

Source : Source: www.discdish.com

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