"Historical fact: People stopped being people in 1913. That was the year Henry Ford put his cars on rollers and made his workers adopt the speed of the assembly line. At first, workers rebelled. They quit in droves, unable to accustom their bodies to the new pace of the age. Since then, however, the adaptation has been passed down: we've all inherited it to some degree, so that we plug right into joy-sticks and remotes, to repetitive motions of a hundred kinds."

-- Jeffrey Eugenides

#Years Quotes #Car Quotes #People Quotes

“Babies did not attract me, and I was altogether without the maternal sense so highly developed in small and adolescent girls.”

Source : Rita Levi-Montalcini (1988). “In praise of imperfection: my life and work”, Basic Books (AZ)
“I hate deception, even where the imagination only is concerned.”
“I tend to avoid writing music about initial reactions to situations, like frustration or anger. Iâ€™d rather wait till I go through the problem, and write about the learning that took place.”
“My mind struggled to formulate a coherent though, any thought. I opened my mouth. "Your pajamas have Eeyore on them." "I like Eeyore. He's sensible. A sober outlook on life never hurt anyone.”
“I don't quite have the energy for extra curricular activities. I have to pace myself a little bit more.”
“Waking up from a dream of violence is much the same as waking up from a dream of love. You must go on living your life.”
“Golf is a game where guts and blind devotion will always net you absolutely nothing but an ulcer.”

Source : Tommy Bolt, William C. Griffith (1969). “How to keep your temper on the golf course”
“Life was a damned muddle - a football game with everyone offside and the referee gotten rid of - everyone claiming the referee would have been on his side.”

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