"As a kid I was enamored with fiction, most of it utterly forgettable and long forgotten."

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Andrew Bacevich

#Kids Quotes #Long Quotes #Fiction Quotes

“I know I'll be under a spotlight, I know I'll be under the microscope.”
“The one thread that was most surprising and most consistent was the lack of fear that people felt at the worst moment. They felt a lot of fear in early stages, when they're just realizing what's happening. But then things really seemed to be at their peak of terror, the fear went away. You can imagine why that's useful. At that moment your brain needs to focus all its attention on surviving, so people will feel a sense of calm as their brain tries to sort out a plan.”

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“We (men) would rather lose an arm out a city bus window than tell you simply, â€œYouâ€™re not the one.â€ We are quite sure you will kill us or yourself or bothâ€”or even worse, cry and yell at us.”

Source : Greg Behrendt, Liz Tuccillo (2007). “He's Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys”, p.6, Simon and Schuster
“You have to face things, have faith in what you do and go for it. Think, 'What's the worst that could happen?'”
“Anybody can leap off a building.”
“He knew now, and the knowledge was hard, that his task had never been to undo what he had done, but to finish what he had begun.”
“Wish you would learn to love people and use things and not the other way around”
“I love to be individual, to step beyond gender.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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