"Inactivity and deprivation of all accustomed stimulus is not rest; it is a preparation for the tomb"

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Robertson Davies

#Preparation Quotes #Stimulus Quotes #Deprivation Quotes

“I had a farm in Africa, at the foot of the Ngong Hills.”
“I think we should do meditation and yoga at work.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“Remember that it is not where you come from, or not even where you are; it is where you are going that matters most”
“Our lives are defined by opportunities, even the ones we miss.”

Source : "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button". www.imdb.com. 2008.
“Wine is a splendid thing in and of itself, but it is nonetheless proper to examine the high nutritional and hygienic values of wine from a scientific point of view. We are convinced that scientists will thus perform a service to mankind, since at the same time they will help determine the measure beyond which its use is a misuse for all creation.”
“Sex, without society as its landscape, has never been of much interest to fiction.”
“The idea is not to copy nature, but to give a feeling of nature.”
“The first revolution is when you change your mind”

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