Fairs Quotes - Page 26

And who ever said the world was fair, little lady? Maybe death is fair, but certainly not life. We must accept the unfairness as proof of the sublime flux of existence, the capricious music of the universe- and go on about our tasks

Tom Robbins

Sublime, Tasks, Goes On

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...to bring a child into existence without a fair prospect of being able, not only to provide food for its body, but instruction and training for its mind is a moral crime, both against the unfortunate offspring and against society

John Stuart Mill

Children, Mind, Training

John Stuart Mill, Jeremy Bentham, John Troyer (2003). “The Classical Utilitarians: Bentham and Mill”, p.233, Hackett Publishing

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It's not fair. It's not fair," she cried, knowing it was a child's argument but not caring, because being childish did not make it untrue.

Kristin Cashore

Children, Caring, Knowing

Kristin Cashore (2009). “Fire”, p.159, Hachette UK

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Life's not fair, get over it!

Bill Gates

Over It, Get Over, Not Fair

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Life isn't fair," Owen told her. "Get used to it.

Sarah Dessen

Used

Sarah Dessen (2008). “Just Listen”, p.101, Penguin

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The phone rang, picked up, and the same male voice announced, “Chris Powers." "Hey there, Chris. Are you aware it's a felony to make threats over the phone?" To give Powers his fair due, he got over his shock within a split second. “Try it, asshole. I dare you. My lawyers will have you for lunch.” He clicked off again. I did what any red-blooded American male would do. I called my big, ex-cop ex-boyfriend.

Josh Lanyon

Ex Boyfriend, Phones, Voice

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It seemed cruel for a day to dawn so fair and end so foul as this one promised to.

George R. R. Martin

Dawn, Ends, Foul

George R. R. Martin (2016). “A Game of Thrones: The Illustrated Edition: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book One”, p.454, Bantam

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I can't help comparing what I have with Gale to what I'm pretending to have with Peeta. How I never question Gale's motives while I do nothing but doubt the latter's. It's not a fair comparison really. Gale and I were thrown together by a mutual need to survive. Peeta and I know the other's survival means our own death. How do you sidestep that?

Suzanne Collins

Mean, Doubt, Survival

Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.107, Scholastic Inc.

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No fair! Those guys ripped off what we rightfully stole!

Gordon Korman

Guy, Ripped

Gordon Korman (2011). “The Medusa Plot”, p.91, Scholastic Inc.

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Who ever said the world was fair?

Cassandra Clare

World, Said, Unfairness

Cassandra Clare (2012). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instruments Series (5 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels, City of Lost Souls”, p.291, Simon and Schuster

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When one is young, one venerates and despises without that art of nuances which constitutes the best gain of life, and it is only fair that one has to pay dearly for having assaulted men and things in this manner with Yes and No. Everything is arranged so that the worst of tastes, the taste for the unconditional, should be cruelly fooled and abused until a man learns to put a little art into his feelings and rather to risk trying even what is artificial — as the real artists of life do.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Art, Real, Men

Friedrich Nietzsche (2009). “Basic Writings of Nietzsche”, p.233, Modern Library

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Equality of opportunity is not enough. Unless we create an environment where everyone is guaranteed some minimum capabilities through some guarantee of minimum income, education, and healthcare, we cannot say that we have fair competition. When some people have to run a 100 metre race with sandbags on their legs, the fact that no one is allowed to have a head start does not make the race fair. Equality of opportunity is absolutely necessary but not sufficient in building a genuinely fair and efficient society.

Ha-Joon Chang

Running, Opportunity, Race

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I think people can be trusted to know what makes them unhappy. Maybe we don't always know what we want exactly, but we can usually say what we don't with a fair amount of specificity.

Ann Aguirre

Thinking, People, Unhappy

Ann Aguirre (2009). “Doubleblind”, p.97, Penguin

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Oh, I have feelings for him, all right. I'd like to put him in the ground myself, believe me. Still, it would be wrong. Promise me." "Fine. I promise I won't kill him." He said it too easily. My eyes narrowed. "Promise me right here and now that you will also never cripple, maim, dismember, blind, torture, bleed, or otherwise inflict any injury to Danny Milton. Or otherwise stand by while someone else does as you watch." "Blimey, that's not fair!" he protested

Jeaniene Frost

Believe, Eye, Feelings

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A friend of mine who passed through a most severe trial, when I discussed it with him, he said simply, if it’s fair, it isn’t a trial.

Neal A. Maxwell

Trials, Said, Mines

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Your cat just got cat hair on me.” “It’s only fair,” Min said. “Your suit just got expensive suit lint on him.

Jennifer Crusie

Cat, Hair, Suits

Jennifer Crusie (2006). “Welcome to Temptation/Bet Me”, p.550, Macmillan

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An old man dies. A young woman lives. A fair trade.

Frank Miller

Girl, Men, Littles

"Fictional character: John Hartigan". "Sin City", www.imdb.com. 2005.

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Alec rolled beautiful brown eyes. "No fair playing the death card." "No fair having it to play.

Rachel Vincent

Beautiful, Eye, Play

Rachel Vincent (2013). “Soul Screamers Volume Three: If I Die\Never to Sleep\Before I Wake”, p.128, Harlequin

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I would love to have a battle of wits with you, Bison, but I doubt it would be a fair fight.' 'Shut your face.' 'Exactly my point.

Derek Landy

Fighting, Doubt, Battle

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Life isn't fair,' Skulduggery said. 'In my experience, death isn't so different.

Derek Landy

Different, Said

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I'm trying to figure out how someone could live in a brothel for a month and not notice. You must be terribly dull-witted." Tessa glared. "If it helps at all, it seemed to be quite a high-class establishment. Nicely furnished, fairly clean..." "Sounds as if you've visited your fair share of brothels," Tessa said, sourly. "Making a study of them?" "More of a hobby," said Will, and smiled like a bad angel.

Cassandra Clare

Angel, Class, Trying

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DEMON MATH What is JUST in a world you've ripped in two as if there could be a half for me a half for you what is FAIR when there is nothing left to share what is YOURS when your pain is mine to bear this sad math is mine this mad path is mine subtract they say don't cry back to the desk try forget addition multiply and i reply this is why remainders hate division.

Kami Garcia

Pain, Hate, Math

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She is mine.' Edward’s low voice was suddenly dark, not as composed as before. 'I didn’t say I would fight fair.

Stephenie Meyer

Fighting, Dark, Voice

Stephenie Meyer (2008). “Eclipse”, Little Brown & Company

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It was an evil doom that set her in his path. For she is a fair maiden, fairest lady of a house of queens. And yet I know not how I should speak of her. When I first looked on her and perceived her unhappiness, it seemed to me that I saw a white flower standing straight and proud, shapely as a lily and yet knew that it was hard, as if wrought by elf-wrights out of steel.

J. R. R. Tolkien

Queens, Flower, Healing

"The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of the Lord of the Rings".

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She hissed, right there behind my ear, and I had the horrible idea she was spitting maggots into my hair. Why maggots were a problem when I was about to be dead, I didn’t know, but the idea completely grossed me out. “In the womb I heard you die, for no one lives when a banshee cries.” I wasn’t just going to die. I was going to be rhymed to death. That simply wasn’t fair.

C.E. Murphy

Hair, Ideas, Ears

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