"Looking backward always presents an overdetermined depiction of fate; by this perspective we leave out of focus the possibilities of action which existed at the time."

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Source : Reinhard Bendix (1990). “Force, Fate, and Freedom: On Historical Sociology”, p.56, Univ of California Press

Reinhard Bendix

#Fate Quotes #Perspective Quotes #Focus Quotes

“We will continue to offer the most dynamic vehicles in the future. However, we have also made it our mission to be sustainable as a company.”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de
“There's always one teacher you had a crush on; for me, it's my wife's aerobics instructor.”
“It is the most human and kindly of seasons, as fully penetrated and irradiated with the feeling of human brotherhood, which is the essential spirit of Christianity, as the month of June with sunshine and the balmy breath of roses.”
“Over 5,000 years, states have made surprisingly consistent claims about their duties. They have promised to protect people from threats; promote their welfare; deliver justice and also, perhaps less obviously, uphold truth - originally truths about the cosmos, and more recently truths drawn from reason and knowledge.”

Source : "The media's lies poison our system" by Geoff Mulgan, www.theguardian.com. May 7, 2004.
“Sometimes life is not about what u want to do but what u ought to do”
“People in my hometown seldom called me piao liang, [beautiful] because my smaller eyes were a far cry from the wide irises of the most beloved television actresses.”
“I think maybe the most frustrating feeling in the world is to have something to say buy not know how to put it into words. To have lived through something but not be able to get it out of you before it festers.”
“A lot of people like lollipops. I don't like lollipops. To me, a lollipop is hard candy plus garbage. I don't need a handle. Just give me the candy.”

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