"I had also underestimated what an abundance of information can be extracted from contemporary newspapers, even information that bore directly on Kafka's life. In this way it was possible to complete the volume about the early years; and, in my view, nothing substantial is missing from it."

-- Reiner Stach

#Missing Quotes #Abundance Quotes #Underestimated Quotes

“Our idea with starting Stripe was to build better payments technology for people building things on the web.”
“People are tired of the status quo. You see that in various movements in and out of our [the Republicans]party, but most candidates are offering hollow rhetoric, not specific solutions.”
“What part of Canada are you from, honey?" "THE LEFT PART," said Jay.”
“It's always about finding the right balance between answering some questions and raising new ones to keep your story going.”

Source : "‘Paranormal Activity’ Director Oren Peli Talks About Creating the New ABC Show ‘The River’" by Eric Kohn, www.indiewire.com. February 10, 2012.
“It took us a long time to find out that we had been lied to by our parents' generation. The moralities that were followed during our parents' generation were basically arbitrary. This caused a rift between the two generations, which was brought on by the beatniks”
“I know I am getting better at golf because I am hitting fewer spectators.”
“In love - it sounded like a sickness without any cure, and wasn't that just how it sometimes felt?”

Source : Cornelia Funke (2011). “Inkdeath”, p.147, Scholastic Inc.
“Education is 'the guardian genius of our democracy.' Nothing really means more to our future, not our military defenses, not our missiles or our bombers, not our production economy, not even our democratic system of government. For all of these are worthless if we lack the brain power to support and sustain them.”

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