"Part of what makes us human is what we mean to other people, and what people mean to us."

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Source : John Scalzi (2014). “Old Man's War Boxed Set I”, p.182, Macmillan

John Scalzi

#Mean Quotes #People Quotes #Humans Quotes

“I couldn't remember my name for weeks. I'd be at the theater and hear them calling 'Miss Stanwyck, Miss Stanwyck,' and I'd think 'Where is that dame? Why doesn't she answer? By crickie, it's me!”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“For me, by far, the Olympics is the biggest sporting event in the world.”
“It's a true image, born of a false spectacle.”

Source : Jean Genet (1994). “The Balcony”, p.42, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
“I'm accustomed to just working by myself, alone in the room and cranking up the music and just working and getting all into an obsessive state where I'm focused on this thing, and it's the one thing that I feel like I may have a little bit of control over in my life.”
“Loveliest of lovely things are they, On earth, that soonest pass away. The rose that lives its little hour Is prized beyond the sculptured flower.”
“When I was hitch-hiking, people had to follow me, 'cause I didn't stay long.”
“The Russians are turning east to the Chinese - to the Europeans' surprise. It always seemed to me that the relationship between Russia and China would shift from being based in Marx and Lenin to being based in oil and gas.”
“Every week I have a disaster in my kitchen. The fire alarm goes off repeatedly. But it doesn't stop me being adventurous.”

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