"Cruelty depends on an understanding of cruelty, and the ability to choose against it. Or to choose to ignore it."

-- Jonathan Safran Foer

#Understanding Quotes #Cruelty Quotes #Ability Quotes

“every man who takes a part in politics, especially in times when parties run high, must expect to be abused; they must bear it; and their friends must learn to bear it for them.”
“Do some work in the theater if you can. It is the best training you can get.”
“I don't like to give out advice. I make suggestions when I get to know somebody a little bit, but I don't know about advice.”
“Managers are responsible for setting workplace policies under which teachers can succeed. Managers are responsible for negotiating contracts that create the conditions under which teachers can succeed.”
“I was always brought up to have a cup of tea at halfway up a rock face.”
“The worshipful father and first founder and embellisher of ornate eloquence in our English, I mean Master Geoffrey Chaucer.”

Source : Caxton's edition (c.1478) of Chaucer's translation of Boethius 'De Consolacione Philosophie' epilogue
“I can't remember a time when I wasn't trying to get something down on paper.”
“An unshared life is not living. He who shares does not lessen, but greatens, his life.”

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