Penelope Lively We make choices but are constantly foiled by happenstance. – Penelope Lively Choices Quotes Constantly Quotes Foiled Quotes Happenstance Quotes I have long been interested in landscape history, and when younger and more robust I used to do much tramping of the English landscape in search of ancient field systems, drove roads, indications of prehistoric settlement. It seems to me that everything that happens to us is a disconcerting mix of choice and contingency.
Murray Rothbard Many and subtle are the ideological weapons that the State has wielded through the centuries. Once excellent weapon has been tradition. The longer that the rule of a State has been able to preserve itself, the more powerful this weapon; for then, the X Dynasty or the Y State has the seeming weight of centuries of tradition behind it. – Murray Rothbard
Regina King I feel like ‘Leftovers’ is dealing with subject matter that’s kind of taboo when you’re talking about religion and faith. They found a way to make it mysterious and intriguing without making people upset. – Regina King
Mortimer Adler You have to allow a certain amount of time in which you are doing nothing in order to have things occur to you, to let your mind think. – Mortimer Adler
Ken Kercheval My dad was a doctor and surgeon. He was the fifth generation of his family to become a doctor. – Ken Kercheval
Drew Goddard I tend to fall more into the fun horror genre than the traumatic horror genre. I love the films where you’re laughing as much as screaming, but that doesn’t mean I don’t like the other ones. – Drew Goddard
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