"When you can't have what you choose, you just choose what you have."

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Source : Owen Wister (2007). “The Virginian (Townsend Library Edition)”, p.109, Townsend Press

Owen Wister

#Life Quotes #You Choose Quotes

“But perhaps the most important innovation in the doctrine of jihad was its outright prohibition of all but strictly defensive wars. â€œFight in the way of God those who fight you,â€ the Quran says, â€œbut do not begin hostilities; God does not like the aggressorâ€ (2:190). Elsewhere the Quran is more explicit: â€œPermission to fight is given only to those who have been oppressedÂ ... who have been driven from their homes for saying, 'God is our Lord'Â â€ (22:39; emphasis added).”
“The detective novel is the art-for-art's-sake of our yawning Philistinism, the classic example of a specialized form of art removed from contact with the life it pretends to build on.”
“I don't care if I fall as long as someone else picks up my gun and keeps on shooting.”
“If you don't trust the pilot, don't go.”
“Chess strength in general and chess strength in a specific match are by no means one and the same thing.”
“This is a wonderful book, unique and engaging. Diaconis and Graham manage to convey the awe and marvels of mathematics, and of magic tricks, especially those that depend fundamentally on mathematical ideas. They range over many delicious topics, giving us an enchanting personal view of the history and practice of magic, of mathematics, and of the fascinating connection between the two cultures. Magical Mathematics will have an utterly devoted readership.”
“Like a blind man at an orgy, I was going to have to feel my way through.”
“Love is the first ingredient in the relief of suffering.”

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