"The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us."

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Source : Ashley Montagu (1967). “The American Way of Life”

Ashley Montagu

#Happiness Quotes #Happy Quotes #Surprise Quotes

“One does not give birth in a void, but rather in a cultural and political context. Laws, professional codes, religious sanctions, and ethnic traditions all affect women's choices concerning childbirth.”
“You can't take a dying project, sprinkle it with the magic pixie dust of "open source," and have everything magically work out.”

Source : "Resignation and postmortem". www.jwz.org. March 31, 1999.
“One positive thought can change your whole day.”
“We never talked to each other in my family. We communicated by putting Ann Landers articles on the refrigerator.”
“In my home office, I have two large, 30-inch computer monitors - a Mac and a PC. They share the same mouse and keyboard, so I can type or copy and paste between them. I'll typically do Web stuff on the Mac and e-mail and chat stuff on the PC.”
“Doing my art came out of something very solitary and something that I had no intention of showing anybody, and yet once people saw pieces in my house, it became really clear that there was a great demand for my art.”
“The only thing I can say about W. C. Fields ... is this: Any man who hates dogs and babies can't be all bad.”
“I see myself more as an ambassador of the game. And I hope to bring chess to a higher level in the United States. Making bigger tournaments, more interesting events. Making it a respectable profession for young people to be able to pursue in the future.”

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