"Human life is truly a short affair. It is better to live doing the things that you like."

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Source : Yamamoto Tsunetomo (2015). “Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai”, p.23, Xist Publishing

Yamamoto Tsunetomo

#Life Is Quotes #Affair Quotes #Human Life Quotes

“Bad schools, crime, drugs, high taxes, the social security mess, racism, the health care ? crisis? unemployment, welfare state dependency, illegitimacy, the gap between rich and poor. What do these issues have in common? Politicians, the media, and our so-called leaders lie to us about them. They lie about the cause. They lie about the effect. They lie about the solutions.”

Source : Larry Elder (2001). “The Ten Things You Can't Say In America”, p.7, St. Martin's Griffin
“The computing scientist's main challenge is not to get confused by the complexities of his own making.”
“Merchandisers, by embedding subliminal trigger devices in media, are able to evoke a strong emotional relationship between, say, a product perceived in an advertisement weeks before and the strongest of all emotional stimuli - love (sex) and death.”
“I think everybody's got different methods of working which suit the particular individual. Mine is to sort of play the part, and give 100%, to concentrate and focus on it while I'm actually working, but then leave it behind until the next day.”
“he issue of inequality in this country [USA], and the ways that money has captured our political system, are serious indicators of that. And climate change is a game-changer. We really are in serious trouble as a species if we stick with business as usual. We desperately need to find alternatives, and in fact we are surrounded by them.”

Source : Source: www.counterpunch.org
“There are no weeds, and no worthless men. There are only bad farmers.”
“Colours are what drive me most strongly.”
“As a medical doctor, it is my duty to evaluate the situation with as much data as I can gather and as much expertise as I have and as much experience as I have to determine whether or not the wish of the patient is medically justified.”

Source : "Years of Minutes: The Best of Rooney from 60 Minutes". Book by Andy Rooney, 2004.

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