"The universe had an odd sense of fairness; it took away things one did not want to give up, and then gave things one did not ask for."

-- Laila Lalami

#Giving Up Quotes #Want Quotes #Fairness Quotes

“We must break out of this mindset in Australia that we are a small nation on the other side of the world from the main, great Western nations. Australia is the twelfth largest economy in the world. We are a not insignificant player in commerce, in geopolitics and we must be in culture as well and we are.”

Source : Source: www.abc.net.au
“I keep thinking of the gifts of my own upbringing, which I once took for granted: I can read any book I choose and comprehend it. I can write a complete sentence and punctuate it correctly. If I need help, I can call on judges, attorneys, educators, ministers. I wonder what I would be like if I had grown up without such protections and supports. What cracks would have turned up in my character?”
“If it's illegal to rock and roll, throw my ***** in jail!”
“As long as algebra and geometry have been separated, their progress have been slow and their uses limited; but when these two sciences have been united, they have lent each mutual forces, and have marched together towards perfection.”
“Thereâ€™s a lot of work being done today that doesnâ€™t have any soul in it. The technique may be the utmost perfection, yet it is lifeless. It doesnâ€™t have a soul. I hope my furniture has a soul to it.”
“Love is like a brick. You can build a house, or you can sink a dead body.”
“I don't think an opera house is ever a place that can make you entirely happy.”

Source : "Haitink lays down operatic baton on his 75th birthday". Interview with Martin Kettle, www.theguardian.com. March 5, 2004.
“When the lights don't glow the same way that they used to and I finally get a moment to myself, I will realize you were everything I'm missing and you'll tell me you're in love with someone else.”

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