"I want to be understood by my country, but if I fail to be understood - what then?, I shall pass through my native land to one side, like a shower of slanting rain."

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Source : Vladimir Mayakovsky (1975). “Klop, Stikhi, Poėmy”, p.311, Indiana University Press

Vladimir Mayakovsky

#Country Quotes #Rain Quotes #Land Quotes

“Far better to think historically, to remember the lessons of the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part of the knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be one who knows that if you reserve the power not to use all your power, you will lead others far more successfully and well.”
“Whatever else there may be in our nature, responsibility toward truth is one of its attributes.”

Source : Sir Arthur Eddington (2013). “New Pathways In Science”, p.236, Read Books Ltd
“The knowledge and skills you have achieved are meant to be forgotten so you can float comfortably in emptiness, without obstruction.”
“A first novel of astonishing force, craft and beauty, The Headmaster's Wager conjures up a dizzyingly evocative wartime Saigon in the story of Percival Chen, a Chinese schoolmaster in Vietnam. This extraordinary book made me weep. Read it.”
“America is still the best country for the common man -- white or black ... if he can't make it here he won't make it anywhere else.”
“Being a champion and staying that way is the most difficult thing to deal with. Everyone sees you as a target. They want to bring you down.”
“There are no miracles in agricultural production.”

Source : Norman Ernest Borlaug (1971). “Mankind and Civilization at Another Crossroad”
“Most argument, and in fact most conflict, has nothing to do with the present. It's always about the past or the future. People can't agree on the details of what has happened or is going to happen. But we rarely know what has happened, and we never know what is going to happen. What is really at dispute is how we will deal with not knowing.”

Source : Steven Galloway (2014). “The Confabulist: A Novel”, p.115, Penguin

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