"I don't want power. I just object to idiots having power over me."

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Source : Lois McMaster Bujold (1999). “Cordelia's Honor”, p.360, Baen Books

Lois McMaster Bujold

#Want Quotes #Idiot Quotes

“When we stop to count our blessings rather than focusing on our predicament, our attitude will be able to help us cope with our situation more productively.”

Source : Kevin Eikenberry (2005). “Vantage Points on Learning and Life”, p.148, Dog Ear Publishing
“I pick up other people's trash. I'm sort of obsessed.”
“They look at what's more important, like subjects to help with the SAT's, etc. They miss that music is vital. It offers a break from a stressful day of science and math and it's different.”
“If the experts are right in their calculations, then we face the prospect of millions of people retiring into poverty from the American middle class in the years ahead. That has all kinds of social and economic consequences. We need to anticipate those and start tackling the problem in a constructive way.”

Source : Source: www.washingtonpost.com
“I think that deep down all I have been looking for is to be accepted and liked by as many people as possible.”
“I don't think I've got the expertise with which to nit-pick, and I freely admit that my motivation to support charities has been emotional, rather than as a result of being particularly well informed as to how the money is used.”
“[Our Lord Jesus Christ] was... carried up to heaven (Lk. 24:50-51). With a radiant cloud for a chariot, He ascended in glory (cf. Acts 1:9), entered the Holy of Holies not made by hands and sat down on the right hand of the heavenly majesty, making our human substance share His own throne and divinity.”
“When I die, just keep playing the records.”

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