"There were timelines branching and branching, a mega-universe of universes, millions more every minute. Billions? Trillions? The universe split every time someone made a decision. Split, so that every decision ever made could go both ways. Every choice made by every man, woman, and child was reversed in the universe next door."

-- Larry Niven

#Children Quotes #Men Quotes #Doors Quotes

“The attraction of the virtuoso for the public is very like that of the circus for the crowd. There is always the hope that something dangerous will happen.”
“The very damaging, frightening part of postpartum is the lack of perspective and the lack of priority and understanding what is really important.”
“I came out of the womb wearing make-up!”
“You will receive abundance for your giving. The more you give, the more you will have!”
“The important thing is to take the bricklayer and make him understand that heâ€™s building a home, not just laying bricks.”
“People can be committed to a mental institution only after judicial hearing, but people are committed to schools beyond the reach of Habeas Corpus.”

Source : Martin Mayer (1963). “Where, When, and why: Social Studies in American Schools”, New York : Harper & Row
“The United States is a society in which people not only can get by without knowing much about the wider world but are systematically encouraged not to think independently or critically, and instead to accept the mythology of the United States as a benevolent, misunderstood giant as it lumbers around the world trying to do good.”
“I've got nothing left to lose at this point. The work I've done is out there.”

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