"In the long term, it will be the human race that must take responsibility for the development of sustainable life-styles and economies that are not insistent on continuing growth and a throw away society."

-- David de Kretser

#Responsibility Quotes #Race Quotes #Long Quotes

“I raise money the old fashioned way, I go out and tell people what I think. And I say to them, "If you hire me, I'm a CEO, and I'll listen to you. But at the end of the day, I'm going to make the decision, something I've done throughout my whole career with, frankly, great success."”
“Besides the two Christmas things, we've got a about a dozen new tracks we're working on.”
“With the breast-feeding, I really love the bonding. Real life is more important to me.”
“I dropped my juggling balls and my face grew embarrassed. It wasn't until then that I looked around the circus of life and noted all were too consumed on their own juggling act to see. This is when I learned to have fun, and kick the balls instead.”
“Melanie still grieves for Jared," she stated. I felt my head nod without willing the action. "You grieve for him." I closed my eyes. "The dreams continue?" "Every night," I mumbled. "Tell me about then." Her voice was soft, persuasive. "I don't like to talk about them." "I know. Try. It might help." "How? How will it help to tell you that I see his face every time I close my eyes? That I wake up and cry when he's not there? That the memories are so strong I can't separate hers from mine anymore?”
“Reason is no match for desire: when desire is purely and powerfully felt, it becomes a kind of reason of its own.”

Source : Eleanor Catton (2013). “The Luminaries”, p.260, Granta Books
“Sometimes guys need to cry. Some hockey players think they're too tough to cry.”
“Sometimes you get caught up living something that's not true. The people around you, the people you're involved with, are not the right people.”

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