"Real life ... it was an ambiguous world, where actions sometimes had no meaning, where chaos reigned and no one was allowed to see the big picture, only their small portion of it."

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Source : Bentley Little (2003). “The Policy”, Signet

Bentley Little

#Life Quotes #Real Quotes #World Quotes

“A complex society is not necessarily more advanced than a simple one; it has just adapted to conditions in a more complicated way.”

Source : Peter Farb (1968). “Man's Rise to Civilization as Shown by the Indians of North America from Primeval Times to the Coming of the Industrial State”
“I don't believe in happy endings. Children have got to face death sooner or later. Granny and Grandpa die, dogs die, cats die, gerbils and those frightful things - what are they called? - hamsters: all die like flies. So there's no point avoiding it.”
“A toxic person kills, and by kills I mean totally destroys teamwork.”
“But if you believe in Christ and that your main goal with your life is supposed to be to honor Him and do His will, then you don't have as much pressure as someone who bases all their happiness on whether they're a movie star.”
“The streets of every city in America are filled with men who would pay all the money they could lay their hands on to be transformed, even for a day, into hairy, hard-fisted brutes who walk all over cops, extort drinks from terrified bartenders and roar out of town on big motorcycles after raping the banker's daughter.”
“It is primarily through the growth of science and technology that man has acquired those attributes which distinguish him from the animals, which have indeed made it possible for him to become human.”

Source : Arthur Holl Compton (1940). “The Human Meaning of Science”
“I have two daughters that are the loves of my life and I want to leave them a better world, a better country, a better state and a better city.”
“If nobody loves you, be sure it is your own fault.”

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