"A man vows, and yet will not east away the means of breaking his vow. Is it that he distinctly means to break it? Not at all; but the desires which tend to break it are at work in him dimly, and make their way into his imagination, and relax his muscles in the very moments when he is telling himself over again the reasons for his vow."

-- George Eliot

#Mean Quotes #Men Quotes #Imagination Quotes

“It is pretty amazing. My parents, who came from Nicaragua to the U.S. - who would have thought that they would have American kids on the Olympic team? I think that's the epitome of the Olympic dream.”
“Jesus was a management expert too.”
“I'm no buddhist, but this is fu**ing enlightmentment”
“We need all hands on deck, and that means clearing hurdles for women and girls as they navigate careers in science, technology, engineering, and math.”
“I definitely think the European weather has more of a factor than the European clay. I think the European weather changes from week to week, I mean, last year it was sunny and hot and this week it's kind of playing tricks on us a little bit. I definitely think that is a factor.”
“Most of the big money people don't know what would interest an audience if you did it. They only know what interested the audience last time.”
“I don't want to be the type of person to have my relationships plastered in magazines.”
“Be yourself-- Matthew Clairmont. Complete with your sharp vampire teeth and your scary mother, your test tubes full of blood and your DNA, your infuriating bossiness and your maddening sense of smell.”

Source : Deborah Harkness (2011). “A Discovery of Witches: A Novel”, p.297, Penguin

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