"Perhaps when we find ourselves wanting everything, it is because we are dangerously close to wanting nothing."

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Sylvia Plath

#Goal Quotes #Feminism Quotes #Classic Quotes

“Of course, we are all egoists. Egoism is so much a part of our humanity.”
“The plain fact is that education is itself a form of propaganda - a deliberate scheme to outfit the pupil, not with the capacity to weigh ideas, but with a simple appetite for gulping ideas ready-made. The aim is to make 'good' citizens, which is to say, docile and uninquisitive citizens.”

Source : H. L. Mencken (2000). “H.L. Mencken's Smart Set Criticism”, p.222, Regnery Publishing
“God gave us memory so that we might have roses in December.”

Source : Rectorial Address at St Andrew's, 3 May 1922, in The Times 4 May 1922
“People are often afraid for me. They think that I am going to break. I can make it through a set.”
“Baseball is a lot like life. The line drives are caught, the squibbles go for base hits. It's an unfair game.”
“I am now faced with mortality. Definitely not the most generous move.”
“FAY: The British police force used to be run by men of integrity. TRUSCOTT: That is a mistake which has been rectified.”

Source : Joe Orton (2014). “Orton Complete Plays: Entertaining Mr Sloane; Loot; What the Butler; Ruffian; Erpingham Camp; Funeral Games; Good & ...”, p.255, A&C Black
“Today, not starting is far, far worse than being wrong. If you start, you've got a shot at evolving and adjusting to turn your wrong into a right. But if you don't start, you never get a chance.”

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