"I had forgotten that, and so many things. How could I put everything down on paper? It seemed impossible. No matter what, the majority of life would be left out of this story, this sliver of a version of the life I'd known. But I tried anyway."

-- Dave Eggers

#Paper Quotes #Matter Quotes #Majority Quotes

“Many politicians are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition that no people ought to be free till they are fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old story who resolved not to go into the water till he had learned to swim.”
“Be strong then, and enter into your own body; there you have a solid place for your feet.”
“Cross country skiing is great if you live in a small country.”
“The mythology of the New Testament, also, is not to be questioned with respect to the content of its objectifying representations but with respect to the understanding of existence that expresses itself in them.”

Source : "New Testament and Mythology and Other Basic Writings". Book by Rudolf Bultmann, as translated by Schubert M. Ogden, p.10, 1984.
“[Donald] Trump has threatened to withhold investment in Scotland in response to the calls to ban him from the UK. Over the years Mr Trump has made a number of statements about the different scale of his investment in the UK and his willingness to maintain them.”

Source : Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“[T]he crucial question is not, as so many believe, whether property rights should be private or governmental, but rather whether the necessarily 'private' owners are legitimate owners or criminals. For ultimately, there is no entity called 'government'; there are only people forming themselves into groups called 'governments' and acting in a 'governmental' manner. All property is therefore always 'private'; the only and critical question is whether it should reside in the hands of criminals or of the proper and legitimate owners.”
“If you're lucky you find something that reflects you, Helps you feel your life, protects you, Cradles you and connects you to everything.”
“The most important decision we make is whether we believe we live in a friendly or hostile universe.”

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