"We systematically overestimate the value of access to information and underestimate the value of access to each other."

-- Clay Shirky

#Information Quotes #Underestimate Quotes #Overestimate Quotes

“A chaste and lucid style is indicative of the same personal traits in the author.”
“What well-bred woman would refuse her heart to a man who had just saved her life? Not one; and gratitude is a short cut which speedily leads to love.”
“Those that are firm in their will mold the world to themselves.”
“There should be no romanticism that international public opinion or even international diplomatic and economic pressure can defeat a coup without determined and strong defense by the attacked society itself”
“I was taking the bad boy off the market for good.”
“Self-approval and self-acceptance in the now are the main keys to positive changes in every area of our lives.”
“Only old Benjamin professed to remember every detail of his long life and to know that things never had been, nor ever could be much better or much worse--hunger, hardship, and disappointment being, so he said, the unalterable law of life.”
“I actually felt like college was a much better and more comfortable environment for me than high school was. I think that can largely be attributed to the fact that I go to Barnard, which is a women's college that promotes women's leadership, a strong community and independence which are all things I obviously value. Before I got to school I think I expected most women there to identify as feminist, which I found wasn't necessarily the case, but I loved that I was able to have really intelligent and stimulating conversations with women about feminism no matter how they identified.”

Source : Source: www.glamour.com

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