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[T]he values to which people cling most stubbornly under inappropriate conditions are those values that were previously the source of their greatest triumphs. Jared Diamond
Virginia Woolf quote: "I don't think two people could have been happier than we have..."
I don't think two people could have been happier than we have been. Virginia Woolf
The Librarian considered matters for a while. So…a dwarf and a troll. He preferred both species to humans. For one thing, neither of them were great readers. The Librarian was, of course, very much in favor of reading in general, but readers in particular got on his nerves. There was something, well, sacrilegious about the way they kept taking books off the shelves and wearing out the words by reading them. He liked people who loved and respected books, and the best way to do that, in the... Terry Prachett
Clint Eastwood quote: "Nothing wrong with shooting...as long as the right people get..."
Nothing wrong with shooting...as long as the right people get shot. Clint Eastwood
That's a lovely idea, Diana,' said Anne enthusiastically. 'Living so that you beautify your name, even if it wasn't beautiful to begin with…making it stand in people's thoughts for something so lovely and pleasant that they never think of it by itself. Thank you, Diana. L. M. Montgomery
H. G. Wells quote: "But-! I say! The common conventions of humanity-''Are all very..."
But-! I say! The common conventions of humanity-''Are all very well for common people. H. G. Wells
Toni Morrison quote: "I wish I’d a knowed more people. I would of loved ‘em all. ..."
I wish I’d a knowed more people. I would of loved ‘em all. If I’d a knowed more, I would a loved more Toni Morrison
Charlaine Harris quote: "Only a group lack of imagination could account for people not..."
Only a group lack of imagination could account for people not wondering what went on in the dark around them. Charlaine Harris
David Foster Wallace quote: "You will become way less concerned with what other people..."
You will become way less concerned with what other people think of you when you realize how seldom they do. David Foster Wallace
When people die they are sometimes put into coffins, which means that they don't mix with the earth for a very long time until the wood of the coffin rots. But Mother was cremated. This means that she was put into a coffin and burned and ground up and turned into ash and smoke. I do not know what happens to the ash and I couldn't ask at the creamatorium because I didn't go to the funeral. But the smoke goes out of the chimney and into the air and sometimes I look up and I think that there are... Mark Haddon
When he'd been small, people had said things like, "And what do you want to be, little man?" and he'd said, "I don’t know. What have you got? Terry Prachett
If we are to send people, it must be for a very good reason - and with a realistic understanding that almost certainly we will lose lives. Astronauts and Cosmonauts have always understood this. Nevertheless, there has been and will be no shortage of volunteers. Carl Sagan
Lao Tzu quote: "The master leadsby emptying people's mindsand filling their..."
The master leadsby emptying people's mindsand filling their cores, by weakening their ambitionand toughening their resolve. Lao Tzu
It's better to be hated for who you are, than to be loved for someone you're not. It's a sign of your worth sometimes, if you're hated by the right people. Bette Davis
The supremacy of God in all things is the greatreward we long for in fasting. His supremacy in our own affections and in all our life-choices. His supremacy in the purity of the church. His supremacy in the salvation of the lost. Hissupremacy in the establishing of righteousness and justice. And his supremacy for the joy of all peoples in the evangelization of the world. John Piper

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