"As a result of manifest destiny, we gutted our resources."

-- Jonathan Evison

#Destiny Quotes #Results Quotes #Resources Quotes

“At this rate I never want to talk to you again. Stay mad at me, Allie. It allows us to communicate in other ways.”

Source : Jodi Thomas (2008). “Twisted Creek”, p.249, Penguin
“To capture the pawn, threaten the queen.”

Source : Robert Charles Wilson (2000). “The Perseids and Other Stories”, p.26, Macmillan
“The basic function of the government everywhere in all times, whatever title it adopts and whatever its origin and organisation may be, is always that of oppressing and exploiting the masses, of defending the oppressors and the exploiters: and it's principal, characteristic and indispensable instruments are the police agent and the tax-collector, the soldier and the gaoler - to whom must be invariably added the trader in lies, be he priest of schoolmaster, remunerated or protected by the government to enslave minds and make them docilely accept the yoke.”
“Music seems to hold everything together. It seems to make things not so chaotic sometimes. It seems to make things make more sense sometimes.”
“At best, most college presidents are running something that is somewhere between a faltering corporation and a hotel.”
“The proper method of playing mixed doubles is to swipe the ball accidentally and straight at the woman opponent as hard and as accurately as possible. Male players must not only retain equanimity on their side of the net, but create dissension on the other.”
“Cheap liquor is a magic potion that can turn you into a puppet cowboy before it kills you.”
“My dream was to fall in love and be a mom. I never thought too much past those two things.”

Source : Source: yourmcmurraymagazine.com

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