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Women... can't live with 'em... can't shoot 'em. ↗

— Ivan Turgenev

#shoot #women

People without firmness of character love to make up a fate for themselves; that relieves them of the necessity of having their own will and of taking responsibility for themselves. ↗

— Ivan Turgenev

#fate #firmness #having #love #make

The word tomorrow was invented for indecisive people and for children. ↗

— Ivan Turgenev

#indecisive #invented #people #tomorrow #word

A poet must be a psychologist, but a secret one: he should know and feel the roots of phenomena but present only the phenomena themselves in full bloom or as they fade away. ↗

— Ivan Turgenev

#bloom #fade #feel #full #know

In days of doubt, in days of dreary musings on my country's fate, you alone are my comfort and support, oh great, powerful, righteous, and free Russian language! ↗

— Ivan Turgenev

#comfort #country #days #doubt #dreary

Nature creates while destroying, and doesn't care whether it creates or destroys as long as life isn't extinguished, as long as death doesn't lose its rights. ↗

— Ivan Turgenev

#creates #death #destroying #destroys #extinguished

It was only when the giant got halfway down the incline that he suddenly, happily, burst into flame and continued his trip saying, "NO SURVIVORS, NO SURVIVORS!" in a manner that could only indicate deadly sincerity. It was seeing him happily burning and advancing that startled the Brute Squad to screaming. And once that happened, why, everybody panicked and ran... ↗

— William Goldman

#humor #humor

Machines take me by surprise with great frequency. ↗

— Alan Turing

#great #machines #me #surprise #take

We are not interested in the fact that the brain has the consistency of cold porridge. ↗

— Alan Turing

#cold #consistency #fact #interested #not interested

Parents should not smoke in order to discourage their kids from smoking. A child is more likely to smoke when they have been raised in the environment of a smoker. ↗

— Christy Turlington

#been #child #discourage #environment #kids