"Most people muddled through events and only in retrospect realized their significance."

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Source : Kate Atkinson (2013). “Life After Life”, p.412, Random House

Kate Atkinson

#People Quotes #Events Quotes #Retrospect Quotes

“Non-churchgoer s tend to see Christians as takers rather than givers. When Christians sacrifice and give wildly to the poor, that is truly a light that glimmers. The Bible teaches that the church is to be that light, that sign of hope, in an increasingly dark and hopeless world.”
“Lessons didn't really work out for me, so I went to the old school, listening to records and learning what I wanted to learn.”
“I cannot be a materialist - but Oh, how is it possible that a God who speaks to all hearts can let Belgravia go laughing to a vicious luxury, and Whitechapel cursing to a filthy debauchery - such suffering, such dreadful suffering - and shall the short years of Christ's mission atone for it all?”
“Improv. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, but when it does, it's like open-field running.”
“To his US Olympic team - Every day you guys look worse and worse. And today you played like tomorrow.”
“One of the things that we don't want to do is to destroy the infrastructure of Iraq, because in a few days we're going to own that country.”
“Rick Steiner is so stupid, he once stayed up all night to study for a urine test.”
“One should not believe too strongly in a life which can easily vanish.”

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