"I can't imagine what it is like to be raised in a society where their only statues that exist are to you and your father."

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Madeleine Albright

#Father Quotes #Imagine Quotes #Raised Quotes

“The world is indeed comic, but the joke is on mankind.”

Source : H. P. Lovecraft (2013). “The Conservative”, p.217, Arktos
“...Something we once loved, and love now, in the shape of a book. Maybe eBooks are going to take over, one day, but not until those whizzkids in Silicon Valley invent a way to bend the corners, fold the spine, yellow the pages, add a coffee ring or two and allow the plastic tablet to fall open at a favorite page.”
“The lesson of the book is that the universe is governed by the laws of science.”
“A typical master. Right to the end, he didnâ€™t give me a chance to get a word in edgeways. Which is a pity, because at that last moment Iâ€™d have liked to tell him what I thought of him. Mind you, since in that split second we were, to all intents and purposes, one and the same, I rather think he knew anyway.”

Source : Jonathan Stroud (2005). “Bartimaeus Trilogy, Book Three: Ptolemy's Gate”, Disney-Hyperion
“It's somewhat disquieting that the same parents and educators who are horrified by the notion of child soldiers have bestowed upon 'The Hunger Games' a double mantle of critical praise and global bestsellerdom.”
“None of us are rational economic men as we're supposed to be portrayed in economic theory where mixes of passions, of desires, of moral principles, of self-deception, of altruism, of concern of others, of concerns for ourselves and an interest in our bank accounts. And social policies have to be responsive to the complexity of who we are as people or else, like the war on drugs, they're simply going to fail.”

Source : Source: bigthink.com
“The bad news is we don't have any control. The good news is we can't make any mistakes.”
“Inconsiderate, rude behavior drives me nuts. And I guess the inconsiderate rudeness of social ineptitude definitely fuels my work.”

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