"We seem, as it were, to have conquered and peopled half the world in a fit of absence of mind."

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Source : John Robert Seeley (2010). “The Expansion of England: Two Courses of Lectures”, p.8, Cambridge University Press

John Robert Seeley

#Mind Quotes #Half Quotes #World Quotes

“I feel like I'm witnessing the systematic destruction of a people's ability to survive.... Sometimes I sit down to dinner with people and I realize there is a massive military machine surrounding us, trying to kill the people I'm having dinner with”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Football is the love of my life. I would never say I don't want to play. Somebody could say that this game is meaningless. Who is it meaningless to? I guess people who are watching the game? Or the people who are playing it? It's definitely not meaningless to us.”
“One day you will be the one called Master (Naruto). You'll be the one to treat others to ramen. We can't stay kids forever." - Shikamaru Nara (Naruto)”
“How disappointing would it be get to heaven and find out God created life to be enjoyed while all we did was worry?”

Source : FaceBook post by Donald Miller from Jan 13, 2014
“The opposite of play isn’t work. It’s depression. To play is to act out and be willful, exultant and committed as if one is assured of one’s prospects.”

Source : "Play for today" by Pat Kane, www.theguardian.com. October 21, 2010.
“I don't believe in curfews, because you can't treat men like they were boys without forfeiting a certain level of trust.”
“Whatever day Makes man a slave, takes half his worth away.”
“I've always liked what Thomas More said in Utopia, which is that in Utopia every person is allowed their own lifestyle and religion but no one is allowed to stand on a soapbox and tell others that theirs is right. I thought that was brilliant. Brilliant.”

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