Hasslich In English Quotes & Sayings

To become a chess grandmaster also seems to take about ten years. (Only the legendary Bobby Fischer got to that elite level in less than that amount of time: it took him nine years.) And what's ten years? Well, it's roughly how long it takes to put in ten thousand hours of hard practice. Ten thousand hours is the magic number of greatness. — Malcolm Gladwell

David set me to learn other skills, too, in those days of restless waiting. — Geraldine Brooks

Here is the dirty little secret: the error rate in criminal verdicts is much higher than anyone imagines. — William Landay

The catastrophe of the tragic hero thus becomes the catastrophe of the fifth-century man; all his furious energy and intellectual daring drive him on to this terrible discovery of his fundamental ignorance - he is not the measure of all things but the thing measured and found wanting. — Robert Fagles

Great men and women are not extraordinary people who do extraordinary things. They are ordinary people who do ordinary things with integrity. — Jayce O'Neal

Beppu (n.)
The triumphant slamming shut of a book after reading the final page. — Douglas Adams

I'm a student of 'istory, which is a bit of the same thing. We learn it so we don't repeat it. Ye've seen things now that no one would believe, and ye'll 'ave to live with the knowledge. There's good in what ye've learned, but there's danger in it, too. It'll be the mark of yer character 'ow ye choose to use what ye know. — April White

I have learned that the state of Israel cannot be ruled in our generation without deceit and adventurism. These are historical facts that cannot be altered. — Moshe Sharett

I don't give a rat's warty ass she's dead. It only means she's a dead cunt."
"That's a strong opinion."
"And the only kind worth having. I threatened to shove a stick up her twat and light it on fire just yesterday. Maybe the day before. I lose track as there was rarely a day that went by she didn't make me want to strangle her with my bare hands after I'd beaten her in the face with a rusty shovel. — J.D. Robb

When she and Wren divided up their clothes, Wren had taken anything that said "party at a boy's place" or "leaving the house." Cath had taken everything that said "up all night writing" or "it's okay to spill tea on this."" (pg. 189) — Rainbow Rowell

The hardest thing usually to leave behind, as was the case now, can loosely be called the conscience. — Norman Maclean

My mother should have been an attorney. She and Abe could have opened a law firm together. — Richelle Mead

We need the world to hear more opinions, give glimpses into more diverse subcultures. — Felicia Day