"No. But it's like the argument `don't donate to third-world countries because the money mightn't get to them.' People only say that because it makes them feel better about the fact that they do nothing."

-- Melina Marchetta

#Country Quotes #Feel Better Quotes #People Quotes

“In no country and under no circumstances is it possible to launch resistance unless the government approves of this.”

Source : "Leader of the Muslim Brotherhood Sheik Mahdi Akef: We Are Ready to Send 10,000 Men to Palestine, But It Is the Egyptian Government that Should Arm Them". MEMRI, November 30, 2007.
“Never believe straight off in a man's unhappiness. Ask him if he can still sleep. If the answer's "yes," all's well. That is enough.”
“Woman, Iâ€™m trying to fight here! Or has that escaped your attention?”
“Without beauty a girl is unhappy because she has missed her chance to be loved. People do not jeer at her, they are not cruel to her, but it is as if she were invisible, no eyes follow her as she walks. People feel uncomfortable when they are with her. They find it easier to ignore her. A girl who is exceptionally beautiful, on the other hand, who has something which too far surpasses the customary seductive freshness of adolescence, appears somehow unreal. Great beauty seems invariably to portend some tragic fate.”

Source : Michel Houellebecq (2001). “The Elementary Particles”, p.61, Vintage
“Why would you want to be politically correct when you can be right?”
“I've got a sister who races motorcycles and another sister who's a Holy Roller preacher.”
“Once more on my adventure brave and new.”
“Think positively and masterfully, with confidence and faith, and life become more secure, more fraught with action, richer in experience and achievement.”

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