Nalo Hopkinson Quotes

I figure this current era of history is the one with the best chance of quality of life for a black, female, disabled, middle-aged, queer person who's most comfortable not fitting in. The odds still aren't great, mind you. But I'll take my chances with the 21st century.

Nalo Hopkinson

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LifeHistoryGreatBestQualityYou

I get scared of a lot of attention. I get scared of the spotlight. And I'm not talking about on the basketball court.

Jeremy Lin

BasketballTalkingAttentionScared

Scientific corporations might well become almost independent states and be enabled to undertake their largest experiments without consulting the outside world - a world which would be less and less able to judge what the experiments were about.

John Desmond Bernal

WorldJudgeIndependentBecomeWell

The experience is fundamentally different for buying from local businesses than it is for buying consumer goods.

Andrew Mason

ExperienceBuyingDifferentConsumer

Pleasure has ever more been represented by poets and by painters as clothed in perpetual smiles and adorned with the richest jewels; and in real life, we have known many who, allured by her deceptions, blandishments, and hollow but showy temptations, have followed as she pointed until ruin has befallen them.

John Tyler

LifeMoreSheRealSmilesPleasure

I haven't had a terrible relationship, but I've always been the type in a relationship to give too much and not speak out about problems I had or problems that were bothering me. I just wouldn't stand up for myself in any way if I was upset about something.

Soccer Mommy

RelationshipMyselfMeStand UpWay

It is not the cause for which men took up arms that makes a victory more just or less, it is the order that is established when arms have been laid down.

Simone Weil

MenVictoryDownMoreUpOrder

Obama might think of himself as one, but he is not a dictator. We are not a banana republic yet. This is not an authoritarian form of government. This is a constitutional republic, and the president doesn't allow or disallow. The president can't buy or purchase.

Rush Limbaugh

GovernmentThinkAuthoritarianBanana

If your attention is on superfluous aspects that are not part of the story, then you can't be concentrating on the human realities of the piece.

Miguel Ferrer

StoryAttentionYouHumanYourPart

People enjoy our meat and our poultry, as I do as a consumer.

Mike Johanns

PeopleEnjoyMeatConsumerOur

As great as you believe your new product or company is, the world got along just fine without you. The greatest competition every startup faces is convincing consumers that there is a better solution to the problems that vex them.

Jay Samit

GreatCompetitionWorldBelieveYou

Perspective is everything when you are experiencing the challenges of life.

Joni Eareckson Tada

LifePerspectiveChallengesYou

The Islamists will try to spoil everything for everyone.

Christopher Hitchens

WillTryEveryoneEverythingSpoil

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