"Nearly all men are slaves for the same reason that the Spartans assigned for the servitude of the Persians -- lack of power to pronounce the syllable, "No." To be able to utter that word and live alone, are the only means to preserve one's freedom and one's character."

-- Nicolas Chamfort

#Character Quotes #Mean Quotes #Men Quotes

“In recent years, more and more of my time has become absorbed by administrative work for the research council of ETH-Z of which I am presently the president.”
“So many Muslims would tell you that they felt like that you had to - you fold it into yourself because people were looking at you and recognizing you as being the culprit even though, look, I'm American. I don't believe that the teachings of Islam justified those actions.”
“If terror groups are to be defeated, it is national governments that will have to do so. In nations like India, governments will have to call on the patriotism of citizens to fight the terrorists. In a nation like Pakistan, the government will have to be persuaded to deal with those in their midst who are complicit.”
“For Coca-Cola, they wanted a hippie-looking girl to walk around the city with a bucket of chicken sitting in Central Park, sitting on Central Park South, walking along all these different areas of New York that people are familiar with, and just eating this bucket of chicken. I got that commercial too. I think it was just part of my personality that was different from just a regular, nice-looking girl that was more of a model-y type. I injected a little more energy into everything I did.”
“In order to more fully understand this reality, we must take into account other dimensions of a broader reality.”
“There is no fundamental difference between humans and the higher mammalsin their mental faculties”
“Selfish is caring for ourselves at others' expense ... Self-care is taking care of ourselves so that we can be there for others.”
“Don't go to the circus.”

Source : Angie Sage (2012). “Flyte: Septimus Heap Book 2 (Rejacketed)”, p.181, A&C Black

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