Gambit And The Externals Quotes & Sayings

We now come to the grand law of the system in which we are placed, as it has been developed by the experience of our race, and that, in one word, is SACRIFICE! — Catharine Beecher

Thank God that He has permitted us to live among the present problems. It is no longer permitted to anyone to be mediocre. — Dorothy Day

Huxley and Orwell did not prophesy the same thing. Orwell warns that we will be overcome by an externally imposed oppression. But in Huxley's vision, no Big Brother is required to deprive people of their autonomy, maturity and history. As he saw it, people will come to love their oppression, to adore the technologies that undo their capacities to think.... Orwell feared those who would deprive us of information. Huxley feared those who would give us so much that we would be reduced to passivity and egoism. — Ken Auletta

Amalia insisted he wasn't cold, but only wounded by life and emotionally isolated. — Dean Koontz

I think my Latino culture has equipped me with a different point of view than the rest of my counterparts, and seeing things from a different angle has helped me a lot. I feel very proud of my culture, of my Latino heritage. — Nina Garcia

The inner Min starved; she woke in the middle of the night, then lay for hours wondering what was wrong. — Lan Samantha Chang