"Al Gore, the former vice-president of the United States, lives in a mansion that uses more electricity than the average family's bungalow! David Suzuki rides on a bus that uses more fuel than a Smart car to get across Canada! Oh my God! And this is just the tip of the vanishing iceberg!"

-- Linwood Barclay

#Smart Quotes #Average Quotes #Car Quotes

“I intend that I am learning from my experiences so that I am only repeating the ones that bring me happiness.”

Source : Tony Burroughs (2012). “Get What You Want: The Art of Making and Manifesting Your Intentions”, p.154, Simon and Schuster
“An indigenous feminism has been present in every culture in the world and in every period of history since the suppression of women began.”

Source : Robin Morgan (2016). “Sisterhood Is Global: The International Women's Movement Anthology”, p.43, Open Road Media
“Radical innovation is difficult to fund. It seems scary. And the really radical things seem even more scary.”
“I never want to hurt anyone on the ice. That's not the type of player I am.”
“I always wanted to get into rock music so I could cover up my real personality, change my voice, and create a false self to hide behind.”

Source : "Ariel Pink" by Larry Fitzmaurice, pitchfork.com. September 9, 2014.
“Nothing comes at all -- never anything. And I cannot accustom myself to that. It is this monotony, this absolute fixity in life, that is the hardest thing for me to endure. I should like to go away from here. Go away? But where and how? I do not know, and I stay.”

Source : Octave Mirbeau (1911). “The Experiences of a Ladies' Maid”
“Protectionism is a misnomer. The only people protected by tariffs, quotas and trade restrictions are those engaged in uneconomic and wasteful activity. Free trade is the only philosophy compatible with international peace and prosperity.”
“There are two things that matter in a criminal investigation of a subject.What did the person do, and when they did that thing, what were they thinking? When you look at the hundred-years-plus of the Justice Department investigation and prosecution of mishandling of classified information, those two questions are obviously present.”

Source : Source: uk.businessinsider.com

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