"It had never occurred to me that our lives, which had been so closely interwoven, could unravel with such speed."

-- Kazuo Ishiguro

“The determination that led me to create a new sports team taught me an important lesson: opportunity is manufactured.”

Source : Biz Stone (2014). “Things A Little Bird Told Me”, p.14, Pan Macmillan
“In the end, it will just melt away quite suddenly. It might not be as early as 2013 but it will be soon, much earlier than 2040.”

Source : "Arctic summers ice-free 'by 2013'". news.bbc.co.uk. December 12, 2007.
“Humans are upsetting a fragile balance that their own human ancestors established.”
“There is one knows not what sweet mystery about this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath.”
“Strange to wake-up this morning as a former ODI cricketer, but it's been a great honour and privilege playing for Sri Lanka during the past 15 years. At the end of the day, I am very fortunate to have enjoyed a long career playing with and against some great players. Thanks for all the encouragement and support over the years.”
“Were man to devote as much time and energy to himself as he has devoted to that which man has produced, what astounding and unbelievable progress would be made; a progress eclipsing all he has so far successfully accomplished...”
“there are many Africas.”
“If it shouldn't happen, it wouldn't happen.”

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