"It does not matter what has been made of us; what matters is what we ourselves make of what has been made of us."

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Source : Jan Kott (2015). “Shakespeare, Our Contemporary”, p.90, Doubleday

Jan Kott

#What Matters Quotes #Doe Quotes #Matter Quotes

“A cultural fixation on female thinness is not an obsession about female beauty but an obsession about female obedience.”

Source : Naomi Wolf (2013). “The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty are Used Against Women”, p.187, Random House
“Take your love and your pleasure as you find it. Do not worry so much of the future that you let today pass you by. you are happy. need you know more than that?”
“I think you can get too focused on the championship and forget how rewarding it is to be part of a team.”

Source : "'I'm not some Yank who wants to make a profit. I just want to see Spurs succeed'". Interview with Donald McRae, www.theguardian.com. February 18, 2008.
“Scientists must venture outside their comfort zones to show the public how cool - and how important - their work really is.”
“No one is above the law, not even the president. I believe perjury does meet at least the definition of high misdemeanor.”
“As for the music business itself, the key things have not changed that much. It operates like any business and money still keeps things moving.”
“I constantly remind people that crime isn't solved by technology; it's solved by people.”
“By deafness one gains in one respect more than one loses; one misses more nonsense than sense.”

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