"At first he was very discouraging, to my astonishment then, but now I fancy he did it as a forlorn hope to check me; he said the whole idea was so disgusting that he could not entertain it for a moment."

-- Elizabeth Garrett Anderson

#Hope Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Astonishment Quotes

“See?" Fezzik pointed then. Far down, at the very bottom of the mountain path, the man in black could be seen running. "Inigo is beaten." Inconceivable!" exploded the Sicilian. Fezzik never dared disagree with the hunchback. "I'm so stupid," Fezzik nodded. "Inigo has not lost to the man in black, he has defeated him. And to prove it he has put on all the man in black's clothes and masks and hoods and boots and gained eighty pounds.”
“It's unbelievable to have come through a field of 64 of the best players I've seen for a long time.”
“Itâ€™s okay if no one believes like you, all experience is unique, no one has the same synapses, canâ€™t think like you, for this be relieved, keeps things interesting, lifeâ€™s magic things in reach, and it doesnâ€™t mean you arenâ€™t connected, and the community is not present, just take the perspective you get from being one person in one head and feel the effects of it.”
“The techniques of being an Internet visionary are just like those of lower-tech fortunetellers through the ages. A technological visionary must tell people what they want to hear, because your company's stock won't rise if you spout an unpopular vision to analysts.”
“History tells me that when the Russians come to a country they don't go back.”
“There is a compelling case showing us that we actually change people all the time. And when we fully realize this, we start to see how powerful we are to get others unstuck, see that their behavior matters, and start taking steps to create happiness and success in their lives.”
“I don't know if enjoy is the right word for alcohol. I like to drink, but I don't like enforced social drinking. When I don't wanna drink, I don't wanna drink. I haven't had a desire to drink for four months. When I think of the taste of it, no desire. The trouble is the wines I love I can barely afford, which is a great method to cut down on your drinking: Drink only what you can't afford.”
“Part of the problem of being a feminist is that you feel you have to be actively doing things  to relieve women’s plight. Actually, feminism is just thinking  we should have the same rights as men.”

Source : "Evie Wyld vs Naomi Wolf". Dazed & Confused head-to-head interview, www.dazeddigital.com. January 22, 2014.

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