"I simply cannot understand the passion that some people have for making themselves thoroughly uncomfortable and then boasting about it afterwards."

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Source : Patricia Moyes (1961). “Down Among the Dead Men”

Patricia Moyes

#Women Quotes #Passion Quotes #People Quotes

“Lots of opera singers are just boring.”
“To what will you look for help if you will not look to that which is stronger than yourself?”
“History has a long-range perspective. It ultimately passes stern judgment on tyrants and vindicates those who fought, suffered, were imprisoned, and died for human freedom, against political oppression and economic slavery.”

Source : Elizabeth Gurley Flynn (1949). “Labor's Own William Z. Foster: A Communist's Fifty Years of Working-class Leadership and Struggle”, New York : New Century Publishers
“Even as radio waves are picked up wherever a set is tuned in to their wavelength, so the thoughts which each of us think each moment of the day go forth into the world to influence for good or bad each other human mind.”
“Vow to be valiant. Resolve to be radiant. Determine to be dynamic. Strive to be sincere. Aspire to be attuned.”
“.. the guitar is just a wonderful instrument. It's everything: a bartender, a psychiatrist, a housewife. It's everything, but it's elusive”
“Unless I work with Shah Rukh my career cannot be complete. I can't hang my boots till that happens.”
“Bandwagoning is a strategy for the weak.”

Source : John J. Mearsheimer (2003). “The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (Updated Edition)”, p.180, W. W. Norton & Company

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