“Maybe that's why a broken machine always makes me a little sad, because it isn't able to do what it was meant to do… Maybe it's the same with people," Hugo continued. "If you lose your purpose… it's like your broken.”

— Brian Selznick, book The Invention of Hugo Cabret

Source: The Invention of Hugo Cabret

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Jessica Bird (1969) U.S. novelist

Source: Lover Awakened

“… every time you lose, you die a little, inside. Not all your organs… maybe just your liver.”

George Allen

“If you start wielding a hammer, then all your problems look like nails. And maybe they’re not. Maybe it's more subtle than that. And so your toolkit has to be able to morph into what is necessary for what it is that you confront at that moment.”

Neil deGrasse Tyson (1958) American astrophysicist and science communicator

At an interview with Stephen Colbert at Montclair Kimberley Academy on January 29th, 2010.
2010s
Variant: If you start wielding a hammer, then all your problems look like nails. And maybe they’re not. Maybe it's more subtle than that. And so your toolkit has to be able to morph into what is necessary for what it is that you confront at that moment.

“What you have broken is the image of reverence of India
Do you have this idea, you who have broken the dome of the mosque
Not the building but our hearts have been broken
Your wickedness is limitless”

Jagan Nath Azad (1918–2004) Indian writer (1918-2004)

Quoted in "Two Urdu Poems Reflect How Babri Masjid Demolition Was an Attack on India as a Whole" https://thewire.in/books/babri-masjid-demolition-urdu-poetry-jagan-nath-azad, The Wire, 6 December, 2017. Original: Ye tune Hind ki hurmat ke aaine ko toda hai Khabar bhi hai tujhe Masjid ka gumbad todne wale Humare dil ko toda hai imaarat ko nahi toda Khabaasat ki bhi had hoti hai had todne wale

““But at least you cared. At least you were ready to do something.”
“This little mess,” Auger said, “is all because of people who were ready to do something. People like me, who always know when they’re right and everyone else is wrong. Maybe what we need is a few less of us.””

Alastair Reynolds book Century Rain

Source: Century Rain (2004), Chapter 36 (pp. 565-566)

“Relaxing your hair is like being in prison. You're caged in. Your hair rules you. You didn't go running with Curt today because you don't want to sweat out this straightness. You're always battling to make your hair do what it wasn't meant to do.”

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie book Americanah

Source: Americanah

“It's not Cowardly to make a choice about what you want your life to be. Choosing what's right for you, maybe that's the bravest thing you can do.”

Cassandra Clare (1973) American author

Source: Angels Twice Descending

“and for the falling stars the broken hearts mansions in your mind
and all the roads that were lost the signs you missed
turns that passed you by maybe it’s not too late to find your way it’s not your place to say
what if you can you can go home again”

Alicia Witt (1975) American actress

Theme from Pasadena (You Can Go Home) http://aliciawittmusic.com/lyrics/theme-from-pasadena-you-can-go-home-again/, (lyrics by Witt, music by Ben Folds) · Video performance with Ben Folds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QAVUzEOX1E Lyrics, Revisionary History (2015)

“The hard things are when you have to make your friends disappointed because you think you’re required, for example, by the law to do something that maybe is different than what you would do as a matter of public policy.”

Merrick Garland (1952) American judge

[Merrick Garland, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7U1a8pYMJDM, March 18, 2016, Life Lessons Learned, DC Circuit Court Judge Panel, JRCLS International Law Conference, February 15, 2013, Georgetown University Law Center]; also excerpted quote in:
[March 18, 2016, The Quotable Merrick Garland: A Collection of Writings and Remarks, http://www.nationallawjournal.com/home/id=1202752327128/The-Quotable-Merrick-Garland-A-Collection-of-Writings-and-Remarks, Zoe Tillman, The National Law Journal, March 16, 2016, 0162-7325]
DC Circuit Court Judge Panel, JRCLS International Law Conference (2013)

“do you fix a wheel that isn't broken, or do you wait until the cart collapses?”

Jodi Picoult My Sister's Keeper

Source: My Sister's Keeper

“Maybe that's why a broken machine always makes me a little sad, because it isn't able to do what it was meant to do… Maybe it's the same with people," Hugo continued. "If you lose your purpose… it's like your broken.”

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