"For Shakespeare, in the matter of religion, the choice lay between Christianity and nothing. He chose nothing."

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George Santayana

#Choices Quotes #Atheism Quotes #Matter Quotes

“I'm very social, and in a place like New York, even if you're alone on the subway, you never feel lonely.”

Source : "Ana Gasteyer Talks Living in Suburgatory". Interview with Marisa Fox, www.redbookmag.com. March 15, 2012.
“I am hoping the four new players can bring in some energy and fresh enthusiasm because they do not have the baggage that comes from being part of a losing side.”
“Living means taking chances. Risks. Playing safe all the time is being dead inside, even if you happen to still be breathing.”

Source : Ellen Hopkins (2011). “Perfect”, p.603, Simon and Schuster
“If it is to be done well, child-rearing requires, more than most activities of life, a good deal of decentering from one's own needs and perspectives. Such decentering is relatively easy when a society is stable and when there is an extended, supportive structure that the parent can depend upon.”

Source : David Elkind (2009). “The Hurried Child, 25th anniversary edition”, p.26, Da Capo Press
“... hunger and cold, ill-health and pain are nothing. They pass. The thing that remains is ignorant criticism, well-meaning but futile advice, the contempt of a subordinate, the feelings of the underdog.”
“It's obvious that things aren't going well over there. This is a war based on lies.”
“It's more eerie to be alone in a city that's lit up and functioning than one that's a tomb. If everything were silent, one could almost pretend to be in nature. A forest. A meadow. Crickets and birdsong. But the corpse of civilization is as restless as the creatures that now roam the graveyards.”
“We, while noting many things amiss about Victorian society, more often sense them judging us.”

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