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1 " I think people are scared, and dumb, and selfish on their own, but put enough of them together and they'll be half-decent "
― Sylvain Neuvel , Sleeping Giants (Themis Files, #1)
2 " Stories are there to entertain, preserve history, or serve a societal purpose of some kind. "
3 " Perhaps, deep down inside that rugged shell of yours, there is a little girl desperately waiting for her Prince Charming to propose.”“Of course there is. Only until now, I'd been pretty successful at keeping that little brat's mouth shut.”“What will your answer be if he asks?”“You're funny. He can't ask. I'll find a way to be bitchy enough for the next forty years so that perfect moment never comes.”“You seem to have a good handle on that little girl after all. "
4 " The aesthetics aren't merely a side note, they're as important as anything else. "
5 " There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bore children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown. "
6 " I wish I knew where this journey will take us, but I don't. All I know is that this is bigger than me, my self-doubt, or any crisis of conscience. I now truly realize how profoundly insignificant I am compared to all this. Why does that make me feel so much better? "
7 " Irony is not one of my favorite modes of communication, but I can still recognize it. "
8 " I suppose no one ever thinks that they're close minded. "
9 " Family has a way of bringing out the worst in people. Every people. "
10 " If you fall in love with someone, there’s a good chance the person won’t love you back. Hatred, though, is usually mutual. If you despise someone, it’s pretty much a given they’re also not your biggest fan. "
11 " It would make things easier for both of us, especially for you, if we could forgo the part of this conversation where you take me for a complete idiot... "
12 " Generally speaking, people tend not to question what they’ve been told was true. Scientists are no different; they’ve just been told a lot more things. "
13 " People often confuse leadership with managerial skills. "
14 " I never understood why people use words they do not understand. "
15 " I was smart enough to know it was wrong, but not brave enough to stop them. "
16 " North Korean troops gathering… inside North Korea.That is unheard of.""They were massing very close to the border.""North Korea is the size of Ohio. It would be geographically challenging for them to gather very far from the border. "
17 " She has more issues than the New York Times. "
18 " Perhaps, deep down inside that rugged shell of yours, there is a little girl desperately waiting for her Prince Charming to propose.""Of course there is. Only until now, I'd been pretty successful at keeping that little brat's mouth shut. "
19 " I thought something bad might have happened to him. It's nice to know he just doesn't want to talk to me. "
20 " It does not matter. You train your soldiers to kill using video games. They blow enough people up on their computer and it becomes easier for them to kill with a real weapon. Why do you think your government funds so many war and terrorism movies? Hollywood does your dirty work for you. Had 9/11 happened twenty years earlier, the country would have been in chaos, but people have seen enough bad things on their television screen to prepare them for just about anything. We do not really need to talk about government conspiracies. "
