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But human beings fall easily into despair, and from the very beginning we invented stories that enabled us to place our lives in a larger setting, that revealed an underlying pattern, and gave us a sense that, against all the depressing and chaotic evidence to the contrary, life had meaning and value. ↗

— Karen Armstrong

#beginning #beings #chaotic #contrary #depressing

They must therefore not spoil Alexander's undertaking, especially when they were almost at the close of their toils, and were, moreover, no longer in any difficulty about provisions on their coasting cruise. ↗

— Arrian

#alexander #almost #any #close #cruise

Today, the Iraqi citizen sees that America is coming and wants to occupy his country and kill him, and he is willing to experience for himself what happened in Palestine. ↗

— Bashar al-Assad

#citizen #coming #country #experience #happened

Sleepy Hollow had a lot of action in it, even though it was a fairy-tale movie. ↗

— Colleen Atwood

#even #fairy-tale #had #hollow #lot

The Eskimos had fifty-two names for snow because it was important to them: there ought to be as many for love. ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#because #fifty-two #had #important #love

If I were going to convert to any religion I would probably choose Catholicism because it at least has female saints and the Virgin Mary. ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#because #catholicism #choose #convert #female

It is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May I ask whether these pleasing attentions proceed from the impulse of the moment, or are they the result of previous study? ↗

— Jane Austen

#attentions #delicacy #flattering #happy #i

I don't like rap that you can't understand. The youth is so quick and alert. ↗

— Roy Ayers

#i #like #quick #rap #understand

When you mimic everyone, sometimes authority figures really don't appreciate it which is not an original story. And pretty much every comedian has some tale of that. ↗

— Hank Azaria

#authority #authority figures #comedian #every #everyone

I am very optimistic, and I wish that God almighty grants me success to get a qualifying time. Only then can I go to the Olympics. If this happens I will be the first Palestinian athlete to gain a qualifying time. This will be a big achievement. ↗

— Nader al-Masri

#almighty #am #athlete #be the first #big