"The biggest mistake of my life was taking a military education."

-- Robert E. Lee

#Military Quotes #Mistake Quotes #Cynical Quotes

“But it is also clear that left entirely untouched by public policy, the capitalist system will produce more inequality than is socially healthy or than is necessary for maximum efficiency.”
“Well, I couldn't play an instrument. I'd just stand up front and announce the numbers. They had me sing a little, but that was a horrible mistake. I can't carry a tune in a bucket. We played black theaters and nightclubs all over hell. One-nighters. Apollo Theater in Harlem and the Earle Theater in Philly - That was big time for blacks.”
“I hate small towns because once you've seen the cannon in the park there's nothing else to do.”
“I have to make sure I exercise and that the ingredients that go into my body are completely organic.”

Source : "'I love my body,' declares model Janice Dickinson as she goes naked at 55". www.dailymail.co.uk. July 27, 2010.
“Some things are best left a blur. Births and Visa Bills.”
“[May] understood people and she let them be whatever way they needed to be. She had faith in every single person she ever met, and this never failed her, for nobody ever disappointed May. Seems people knew she saw the very best of them, and they'd turn that side to her to give her a better look.”

Source : Karen Hesse, Cynthia Rylant, Cynthia Lord, Ann M. Martin (2013). “Scholastic Newbery Collection”, p.18, Scholastic Inc.
“[Professor Pauling] confesses that he had harboured the feeling that sooner or later he would be the one to get the DNA structure; and although he was pleased with the double-helix, he 'rather wished the idea had been his'.”
“When I was a kid, I didn't collect stamps, or weird toys, or anything. I don't even have music - I don't even have a CD collection. So that's not really my thing.”

Source : "Victor Garber on his love for Judy Collins and his bar mitzvah encore". Interview with Marah Eakin, www.avclub.com. July 3, 2015.

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