"I worry about a democracy having nuclear weapons as much as a dictatorship having nuclear weapons."

-- Mohamed ElBaradei

#Worry Quotes #Democracy Quotes #Weapons Quotes

“I had to face the fact that I had been using my gay friends as props. They were always supposed to be funny and entertain me and praise me and listen to my problems, and their life was supposed to be a secret that no one wanted to hear about. I wanted them to stay in the â€œhalf closet.”
“Teaching like any truly human activity emerges from one's inwardness.”
“The highest development was in the Egyptian and Cabalistic systems, and it was blended with Christian thought in the schools of the Neo-Platonists and the Gnostics...Its studies were only kept alive during the Dark Ages among the Jews who were the chief exponents of its Cabalistic aspect...and it is still alive today.”
“High school is about finding who you are, because that's more important than trying to be someone else.”
“I wanted to be a decorator. I wanted to interior design homes and do everything myself.”
“Winning a postseason game is like winning five regular season games. There is just no feeling like it. Everything is magnified. Every free throw, turnover, shot and play.”
“Fifty is a big corner to turn. It used to mean being put out to pasture, but it's the opposite with me. I feel more vibrant; I'm more active than I've ever been. The F-word really is freedom. It's the freedom to have dropped the rock-the rock of addiction, of family, of comparisons with other people. It's being fit and focused and kind of furious.”
“Anyone who doubts that caffeine is a drug should read some of the prose composed under its influence.”

Source : Anne Fadiman (2008). “At Large and At Small: Familiar Essays”, p.171, Macmillan

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