"Few can contemplate without a sense of exhilaration the splendid achievements of practical energy and technical skill, which, from the latter part of the seventeenth century, were transforming the face of material civilization, and of which England was the daring, if not too scrupulous, pioneer."

-- E. F. Schumacher

#Civilization Quotes #Skills Quotes #Achievement Quotes

“The troops are therefore empowered and are in duty bound in this war to use without mitigation even against women and children any means that will lead to success.”
“I was really desperate. I don't know if you can remember back that far, but when I went to graduate school they didn't want females in graduate school. They were very open about it. They didn't mince their words. But then I got in and I got my degree.”
“We will live with racism for ever. But senses of self, senses of belonging, senses of us and of others? Those are up for grabs.”

Source : "Magic Powers" by Emma Brockes, www.theguardian.com. March 14, 2003.
“I like to sail. My son Caden and I are avid sailors.”
“Something is happening to Britain and the British. Or has happened. We are said to be passing through a transition, or a turning point, or a transformation; nobody is quite sure which.”
“You're a trivial part in a trivia game. Now what's your aim? A presidential campaign? Like Ross Perot? He lost it though... But he got a billion in tha bank fo' sho'!”
“There are going to be peaks and valleys in everything - in your marriage, in your job, in your life. So just enjoy the peaks and ride out the valleys. Just try not to do anything too rash.”
“People know what happened in California, and they know it can happen again and again. They know that no group has passed more ballot measures than we have. They know we have a focused strategy. They know we have a budget of $150 million a year. And they know we're ready for a fight.”

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