"This is woman's great benevolence, that she will become a martyr for beauty, so that the world may have pleasure."

-- Robert Wilson Lynd

#Women Quotes #World Quotes #May Quotes

“The person who builds a character makes foes.”
“Every word that is unnecessary only pours over the side of a brimming mind.”
“I'm 17 years old. I'm not a straight-A student or anything. Even so, I figured out how to make an Internet that they can't wiretap. I figured out how to jam their person-tracking technology. I can turn innocent people into suspects and turn guilty people into innocents in their eyes. I could get metal onto an airplane or beat a no-fly list. I figured this stuff out by looking at the web and by thinking about it. If I can do it, terrorists can do it. They told us they took away our freedom to make us safe. Do you feel safe?”
“Most national correspondents will tell you they rely on stringers and researchers and interns and clerks and news assistants.”
“It may happen that small differences in the initial conditions produce very great ones in the final phenomena.”
“A great piece of literature does not try to coerce you to believe it or agree with it. A great piece of literature simply is . It is a vehicle of truth, but it is not a blueprint, and we tend to confuse the two.”
“Hollywood is a challenging place; it's very easy for people to lose their heads. Fortunately, I grew up on it and I think I have a little bit of a head start.”
“No man is great if he thinks he is.”

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