"Man is the one who desires, woman the one who is desired. This is woman's entire but decisive advantage. Through man's passions, nature has given man into woman's hands, and the woman who does not know how to make him her subject, her slave, her toy, and how to betray him with a smile in the end is not wise."

-- Leopold von Sacher-Masoch

#Wise Quotes #Women Quotes #Passion Quotes

“I know that I have a lot of friends who are envious of me. But if there is something to be gained, obviously something else has to be lost, right? Lately I miss the things Iâ€™ve lost.”
“Between here and heaven, every minute that the Christian lives will be a minute of grace.”
“People who have memorized your songs-how can you not love them?”
“At the end of the day, I had to remain dedicated to historical accuracy.”
“To remember everything is a form of madness.”

Source : Brian Friel, Csilla Bertha, Mária Kurdi (2006). “Brian Friel's Dramatic Artistry: "the Work Has Value"”, p.215, Peter Lang
“EROEI [energy returned on energy invested, or net energy] is to a civilization what gross profit is to a business, the source of the surplus that supports the entire enterprise.”
“Asperger's doesn't define me. It's aÂ condition that I have to live with and work through, but I feel more relaxed about myself. People will have a greater understanding of who I am and why I do the things I do.”

Source : "Susan Boyle: 'I have Asperger's'" by Catherine Deveney, www.theguardian.com. December 8, 2013.
“Can one consider controversy without falling into it?”

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