"I look for the kind of text that doesn't look like the writer I'm considering. Plutarch is a great example."

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John D'Agata

#Looks Quotes #Example Quotes #Kind Quotes

“The way to find a needle in a haystack is to sit down.”

Source : Beryl Markham (2012). “West with the Night”, p.235, Open Road Media
“If an outsider perceives 'something wrong' with a core scientific model, the humble and justified response of that curious outsider should be to ask 'what mistake am I making?' before assuming 100% of the experts are wrong.”
“Knowledge cultivates your seeds and does not sow in your seeds.”
“I am in total opposition to any institutional power. I favor a world of neighborhoods in which all social organization is voluntary and the ways of life are established in small, consenting groups. These groups could cooperate with other groups as they saw fit. But all cooperation would be on a voluntary basis. As the French anarchist Proudhon said. â€œLiberty [is] not the daughter but the Mother of Order.”
“There is no single development, in either technology or management technique, which by itself promises even one order-of-magnitude improvement within a decade in productivity, in reliability, in simplicity.”
“I was single-minded and I had tunnel vision. Now it's time for a change.”
“I have a huge admiration for the House of Lords, I have a huge admiration for the people who work in the House of Lords, they're great public servants and they do an absolutely tremendous job.”
“I created myself, and I'll attack anybody I feel like.”

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