"People have alleged that I have inspired many young people over the years, but I say, it was just the opposite."

-- David R. Brower

#Years Quotes #Opposites Quotes #People Quotes

“Out of the chaos of post-Roman Dark Age Britain, the English had created the world's first nation-state: One king, one country, one church, one currency, one language and a single unified representative national administration. Never again in England would sovereignty descend to the merely regional level. Never again would the idea of England and the unity of England ever be challenged.”
“A lot of friendship is about practice, thatâ€™s something Iâ€™ve learned as Iâ€™ve gotten older. Itâ€™s not simply some spiritual soul-bond of memories and longings, itâ€™s really about having coffee every week, or talking on the phone every day or every other day - whatever suits you.”
“It is by no means necessary to understand things to speak confidently about them.”
“The way the housing market imploded is obviously not an easy thing to explain. It's a little bit easier in a book - people can take their time, you can sort of go back and reread - but in a movie you've got two hours to not only explain things like collateralized debt obligations, but you also have to make it entertaining.”

Source : "On The Money: How 'The Big Short' And Its Jerk Heroes Explain Finance". "All Things Considered" with Kelly McEvers, www.npr.org. December 11, 2015.
“I consider Greeks the Jews of the sea.”
“My Brilliant Career was beautifully directed, but I had a bit of trouble with myself in it. It was a silly script, based on a book this 16-year-old girl wrote.”
“I believe that the great Creator has put ores and oil on this Earth to give us a breathing spell ... as we exhaust them, we must be prepared to fall back on our farms, which are God's true storehouse. We can learn to synthesize materials for every human need from things that grow.”
“The Big Bang Theory' has completely changed my life.”

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