"Soviet-style communism failed, not because it was intrinsically evil, but because it was flawed. It allowed too few people to usurp too much power. Twenty-first century market capitalism, American-style, will fail for the same reasons. Both are edifices constructed by human intelligence, undone by human nature."

-- Arundhati Roy

#People Quotes #Evil Quotes #Style Quotes

“I'm attracted to good writing. When I read the page and I know what we're after and where we're headed, and I'm fortunate enough to respect that idea and am able to pitch myself toward that, that feels like the culmination of everything that I've spent my life trying to do, since I played that tree in that play in third grade.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“Sister Monica Joan murmured, as though to herself, but loud enough to be heard by all, "How perfectly charming. Old enough to know it all, and young enough to blush. Perfectly charming.”
“Life is short and the older you get, the more you feel it. Indeed, the shorter it is. People lose their capacity to walk, run, travel, think, and experience life. I realise how important it is to use the time I have.”
“I've been experimenting more and more with LN2, liquid nitrogen. I've used it in battle on 'Iron Chef America,' but have also made some great ice creams at home for my family. Since it freezes basically on contact, you can have ice cream ready in mere minutes.”
“Treat your audience like poets and geniuses and theyâ€™ll have the chance to become them.”
“Hope, like despair, is something of a distraction: it gets in the way of a clear view of the horizon.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“I've always had an interest in sports across the board.”
“It is not enough to live together in peace, with one race on its knees.”

Source : Daniel H. Wilson (2011). “Robopocalypse”, p.251, Simon and Schuster

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