"Remember this: Nothing is written in the stars. Not these stars, nor any others. No one controls your destiny."

-- Gregory Maguire

#Stars Quotes #Destiny Quotes #Remember Quotes

“Newspapers, magazines and other publications have the constitutional right to be offensive, even disgusting. As evidence of that, just watch this space regularly.”

Source : Mike Royko (2014). “Mike Royko: The Chicago Tribune Collection 1984-1997”, p.2366, Agate Digital
“In one of my favorite anecdotes about Foucault, someone asks him why he writes books. He responds by saying something like "When I begin to write a book, I do not know how it will come out, what it will say in the end. If I already did, I wouldn't need to write it."”
“Africa is a continent in flames. And deep down, if we really accepted that Africans were equal to us, we would all do more to put the fire out. We're standing around with watering cans, when what we really need is the fire brigade.”

Source : Jeffrey Sachs (2011). “The End of Poverty: How We Can Make it Happen in Our Lifetime”, p.9, Penguin UK
“Grave authors say, and witty poets sing, That honest wedlock is a glorious thing.”
“Avery fine city; the four principal streets are the fairest for breadth, and the finest built that I have ever seen in one city together? In a word,'tis the cleanest and beautifullest, and best built city in Britain, London excepted.”
“The biggest kick I get is to communicate with those who are exiled from the game - in hospitals, homes, prisons - those who have seldom seen a game, who can't travel to a game, those who are blind.”
“Hollywood is a narcotic, not a stimulant. It wants to sell you something. Literature wants to tell you something.”
“I accept the fact that some things dont go the way you hope.”

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