"It is to be remarked that a good many people are born curiously unfitted for the fate waiting them on this earth."

-- Joseph Conrad

#Fate Quotes #People Quotes #Waiting Quotes

“As I presided over Massie's execution, I thought about the abuse and neglect he endured as a child in the foster care system. We failed to keep him safe, and our failure contributed to who he was as an adult. Instead of spending hundreds of millions of dollars to kill him, what if we spent that money on other foster children so that we stop producing men like Massie in the first place?”
“Nothing is known for sure, even the person who was there isn't entirely sure he or she had the same response as the other in that moment. One person might have fallen head over heels, the other might have been thinking about what to have for dinner and inadvertently making eye contact.”
“History, if viewed as a repository for more than anecdote or chronology, could produce a decisive transformation in the image of science by which we are now possessed.”

Source : Thomas S. Kuhn (2012). “The Structure of Scientific Revolutions: 50th Anniversary Edition”, p.1, University of Chicago Press
“Is the cinema more important than life?”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“A round of golf is the ideal antidote to stress.”
“If I were to say that I grew up in East Los Angeles in the projects poor, I assumed that everybody understood that it came with its own reasons for being the way I am. I didn't get that people needed to understand where my comedy came from; I thought that they knew that. Now I tell people.”

Source : "A Comedian’s Act Is Leaner but Not Meaner". Interview with Joel Keller, www.nytimes.com. November 25, 2011.
“The mother's first kiss teaches the child love; the first holy kiss of the woman he loves teaches man hope and faith in life.”
“Moskin has brought together with care and lucidity an inside history of American diplomacy written through the eyes of the many diplomats who conceived and carried it out over 225 years. You experience the challenges, successes, and foibles. Over time, the Foreign Service evolved into a professional cadre serving the public and presidents, often at the peril of their lives. Anyone interested in understanding our diplomacy, what makes it tick, and how it strives to serve the public interest should read this masterful history.”

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