Friday, July 3, 2015

Quote Challenge Post #3

This is a challenge post.  According to this challenge: 

Post one of your favorite quotes (different quote on each day) on three consecutive days. The quote can be from your favorite book, author, or your own. 

Nominate 3 bloggers to challenge them. 

Thank the blogger, who nominated you. 

I am tagged by our blogger friend Ph_, owner of the blog, Cascading Thoughts. Thanks a lot Ph_ for tagging me. 

Here is my third quote: 

''There is always inequity in life. Some men are killed in a war, and some men are wounded, and some men never leave the country, and some men are stationed in the Antarctic, and some are stationed in San Francisco. It's very hard in military or in personal life to assure complete equality. Life is unfair.'' 

Late U.S. President John F. Kennedy 

Some people dine regularly at the Kitcho Restaurant in Kyoto, Japan. Cost: Around $600 per person without drinks. They have no problem swiping their credit cards. 

Look at this poor old pensioner in Athens, Greece. The Government is broke and the banks are closed. People are starving because they cannot withdraw money from the bank to pay for food.

                                          Life is very unfair (Image Courtesy: Yahoo)

18 comments:

  1. Life is really unfair... Very True SG...

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    1. Thanks for your comments Vineeta. It is really unfair.

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  2. Everything is relative. You can also compare that photo with a different entity and the context changes drastically - 'Look at the man in Greece, he is only skipping a few meals, and here is the deer which is eaten by a pack of lions!'

    Destination Infinity

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    1. Thanks for your comments Rajesh. You may have a point.

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  3. Nothing is fair or equal in this world.Even our'Five fingers are not alike.Mountains&valleys, shores&seas,trees&herbs, rulers and beggars, mistresses and maids and so on. Apt comment right now,when Greece faces agony. The referendum itself is a make-belief

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    1. Thanks for your comments. Greeks brought it upon themselves - I mean their government.

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  4. I want to thank you for taking up the challenge and sharing unique quotes each time all having a lesson or piece of advice and all related to life.

    Life is unfair.. The last line says it all!

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    1. Thanks for your comments Ph_. I am glad you liked these quotes.

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  5. Very interesting quote and the mention of Greece.

    Feel sorry for the people of Greece. Hope the problem gets solved soon. This is the first time this type of problem has cropped up, right?

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    1. Thanks for your comments Sandhya. This is the third time. Greeks brought it upon themselves - I mean their government. People are allowed to retire at the age of 50 with 95% of the last salary drawn as pension. 80% of the people do not pay income tax. Everythng under the table and therefore unable to collect sales tax.

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    1. Thanks for your comments Shillpa. Yes it is indeed unfair.

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  7. Loved this quote too SG. That photo of the pensioner is so sad :(

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    1. Thanks for your comments Ash. I am glad you liked this quote.

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  8. So rightly said SG... Life shall remain unfair...

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  9. Yes, life is unfair or it appears to be unfair. When we are in sorrow/trouble, every other person we meet appears to be the happiest. Or is it that we are unable to see the troubles others are having may be because we are busy enjoying happiness in our life? All these questions lead us to a conclusion that life is not about asking for equality but it is about living the present moment learning new things every time life offers happiness/sorrow...

    Nice quote with apt photograph, SG.

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  10. this snap touched my heart.

    and yes, life is unfair. But then so is war. You gotta win it anyway. :)

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  11. Is Life Unfair or you are simply in the wrong place at the wrong time? Or is just a different way of putting it.

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