"Why should people be expected to think about the meaning of life merely because they happen to be ill? That is just the time when there is no time to think about such things, because the body is so greedy for attention."

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Source : Ferdinand Mount (1991). “Of love and asthma”, Vintage

Ferdinand Mount

#Thinking Quotes #People Quotes #Meaning Of Life Quotes

“The women's movement is a non-hierarchical one. It does things collectively and experimentally.”

Source : Robin Morgan (1970). “Sisterhood is powerful: an anthology of writings from the women's liberation movement”, Vintage
“In many cases when a reader puts a story aside because it 'got boring,' the boredom arose because the writer grew enchanted with his powers of description and lost sight of his priority, which is to keep the ball rolling.”
“When I teach and meet a class for the first time, you realize that there are people there that have exceptional abilities or have the potential to do exceptional things and you never know who those people are. My job is to provide the best information I can.”
“If your team does not truly believe that you care about them, they will not follow you.”
“We must use terror, assassination, intimidation, land confiscation, and the cutting of all social services to rid the Galilee of its Arab population.”
“When I was a child I did engage in an arduous struggle to pass: learning English, getting rid of my accent, becoming conversant with the culture in all its large and small aspects.”

Source : "Permanent Outsider: Interview with Luc Sante". artafricamagazine.org. November 25, 2010.
“Our youth are not failing the system; the system is failing our youth. Ironically, the very youth who are being treated the worst are the young people who are going to lead us out of this nightmare.”
“I'm pleased that they performed as well as they did while we've been in Miami and that's about as far as it goes. Now, we've got to go home and play as well or better.”

Source : "2014 NBA Finals: Spurs keep foot on pedal, win Game 4 convincingly against James, Heat" by Michael Lee, www.washingtonpost.com. June 13, 2014.

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