"It's less a matter of looking the other way than of closing our eyes to what we can't stop from happening."

-- Arthur Golden

#Eye Quotes #Matter Quotes #Way Quotes

“I think I'm the kind of person who would be very difficult to employ - I'm pretty annoying, but driven.”

Source : Mindy Kaling (2011). “Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)”, p.70, Three Rivers Press
“Sometime in the coming century, people will rack their brains pondering how nations with tremendous scientific and intellectual achievements could have given uninstructed and untrained men and women the right to vote equally uninstructed and untrained people into responsible positions.”

Source : Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn (1990). “Leftism Revisited: From de Sade and Marx to Hitler and Pol Pot”, Gateway Books
“Everest wasn't like any other mountain. Only one of ten climbers who attempt the mountain stands on the summit. And for every three climbers who do scale the mountain, one dies trying. The facts aren't welcoming. But you don't plan a trip to Everest believing those facts will apply to you.”
“I don't judge people by their theology, I judge them by their behavior”

Source : Jane Bowles (2014). “My Sister's Hand in Mine: The Collected Works of Jane Bowles”, p.78, Macmillan
“Let us realize that engagement and detachment aren't opposite-the more engaged we become, the more detached we will have to be..”
“Historical novels are, without question, the best way of teaching history, for they offer the human stories behind the events and leave the reader with a desire to know more.”
“I am sure it must be true that people opt out of the mainstream society because they feel that there are going to be no rewards for them, if they stay.”
“I'm proud of the two adjectives, superficial and frivolous.”

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