"Most Americans watch Friends rather than having friends."

-- Robert D. Putnam

#Watches Quotes

“I'm not the color of my skin. I'm a story. One with a past and a future unwritten.”

Source : Heidi W. Durrow (2011). “The Girl Who Fell from the Sky”, p.264, Algonquin Books
“To be alone means that you avoid bad company. But to have a true friend is better than being alone.”
“Scientists surely have a special responsibility. It is their ideas that form the basis of new technology. They should not be indifferent to the fruits of their ideas. They should forgo experiments that are risky or unethical.”

Source : "Dark materials" by Martin Rees, www.theguardian.com. June 09, 2006.
“Everybody used to say that baseball players can't dress and athletes can't dress. You know, a lot of athletes now are trying to prove everybody wrong, though there are some athletes that try too hard and try to do over-the-top things. But me, I try to be simple and just make whatever I'm wearing look good.”
“Of all the various out-door recreations I have tried, when it comes to genuine, exciting sport, give me hunting with a camera.”
“I think it's fantastically narcissistic to believe that in the entire universe, with all of the planetary systems that we've already discovered and the countless others that are out there, that we are the only forms of life.”

Source : Source: brightestyoungthings.com
“He existed a step or two to one side of the common world, largely out of sight, a shadow, all but invisible. Whatever he owned, either he could hoist it on his back and lug it along or he could walk away from it. Anonymity was the thing he loved most about the city, being a part of it and apart from it at the same time.”

Source : James Sallis (2012). “Drive: The book that inspired the major film starring Ryan Gosling”, p.20, Oldcastle Books
“What do people want? Well, you really can’t talk about wants until you talk about needs.”

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