"No matter how long he lives, no man ever becomes as wise as the average woman of forty-eight."

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H. L. Mencken

#Wise Quotes #Wisdom Quotes #Women Quotes

“I worry about Bieber, man. That kidâ€™s wildly talented. I hope he doesnâ€™t fall down into the usual ways of young kids because itâ€™s so hard for someone to be responsible when theyâ€™re not asked to be.”
“One day fascism will be treated with psychoanalysis.”
“When the child is twelve, your wife buys her a splendidly silly article of clothing called a training bra. To train what? I never had a training jock. And believe me, when I played football, I could have used a training jock more than any twelve-year-old needs a training bra.”
“When you're casting, you have to do quite a bit of research. But I always think you have to do it with a pinch of salt with actors, because it's so unfair to pigeonhole them and so often they are. I try to be as open as possible and if people are really interested and really want to have a go, then let's get them in and see them.”
“I speak of that learning which wakes us acquainted with the boundless extent of nature, and the universe, and which even while we remain in this world, discovers to us both heaven, earth, and sea.”
“It's really a wonder that I haven't dropped all my ideals, because they seem so absurd and impossible to carry out. Yet I keep them, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart.”
“Never try to make the same record twice, even when people are screaming for the same sound.”
“You are a citizen, and citizenship carries responsibilities.”

Source : Paul Collier (2007). “The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It”, p.176, Oxford University Press

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