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“Dad called it Y2K. On January 1, he said, computer systems all over the world would fail. There would be no electricity, no telephones. All would sink into chaos, and this would usher in the Second Coming of Christ.”

Book:Educated

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“How often do you think we write our own ending before the story is even finished? How often do we give up on ourselves when our lives are just starting? Things get hard and we immediately back away and assume that means we’re going in the wrong direction, doing the wrong thing. If anything, when the waters get thick, that’s our sign to keep going.”

Life Beginning Ending Wrong Direction Assume Immediately Our Pasts Our Own Back Away

Book:Toxic

Source: Toxic

“Usually, when people get an idea, they are eager to start acting immediately, immerse themselves in the process without creating a system of actions, without being knowledgeable of the matter, without analyzing and estimating everything beforehand”

People Matter Purpose Process Knowledge Calling Analysis Actions Create Idea System Knowledgeable Eager Immediately Immerse

Author:Sunday Adelaja

“Off fucking shitty mankind, you change the topic... you say something I say something against and immediately you change the topic, but why? The soil is too hot? The sand is too hot? Why?”

Hot Sand Against Too Immediately

Author:Deyth Banger

“If you have to compromise with or change even a tiny bit of your personality in order to be with her, then leave her immediately - she's not worth it!”

Change Compromise Immediately Not Worth

Author:Nitya Prakash

“There is never a necessity to act immediately no matter what anyone may say.”

Matter Necessity Immediately

Book:Life Is a Dance

Source: Life Is a Dance

“It was not enough that food aplenty was within Man’s grasp: he wanted more. It was not enough that prey surrendered themselves to Man according to the natural order: Man wanted to cook his prey. Man had discovered fire when lightning stuck and set a tree or two alight, but he was clumsy and greedy and stupid and could not keep the flame alive”

Religion Responsibility Myth Ecology

Book:Along the River: An Anthology of Voices from the Rio Grande Valley

Source: Along the River: An Anthology of Voices from the Rio Grande Valley

“If you want to do good, do immediately”

Good Immediately

Author:Dr.P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar

“Whoever makes Jokes about Death, deserves him immediately.”

Death Jokes Immediately

Author:Sino Melo

“This is not your standard “How to restore” your VW Beetle book. It’s also not a workshop manual. Aside from a basic rundown on the differences between various bug models through the years, there is a section on some things you can do to preserve your bug. Mostly however, what I’ve done is reviewed all the things I did to my bugs and put those ideas together as cheap, skillful, cheap, d.i.y, cheap means of enhancing your grocery getter’s performance and handling.”

Years Book Bugs Things Skillful Standard Cheap Restore Between Bug However Manual Handling Reviewed D I Y Getter S

Book:Bugspray

Source: Bugspray

“Don't start a sentence with “however”—it hangs there like a wet dishrag. And don't end with “however”—by that time it has lost its howeverness.”

Writing However William Rag Zinsser

Book:ON WRITING WELL : THE CLASSIC GUIDE TO WRITING NONFICTION

Source: ON WRITING WELL : THE CLASSIC GUIDE TO WRITING NONFICTION

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