"As a matter of writing philosophy, if there is one, I try not to ever plot a story. I try to write it from the character's point of view and see where it goes."

-- Andre Dubus

#Philosophy Quotes #Writing Quotes #Character Quotes

“I think Darwinism as a theory explaining evolution within species is incredibly brilliant - just unbelievably, incredibly brilliant.”
“I was very much a child of the Cold War.”
“Thermodynamics is a funny subject. The first time you go through it, you don't understand it at all. The second time you go through it, you think you understand it, except for one or two small points. The third time you go through it, you know you don't understand it, but by that time you are so used to it, it doesn't bother you any more.”

Source : "Physical Chemistry in Depth". Textbook by Johannes Karl Fink, p. 1, 1992.
“The 'global warming scare' is being used as a political tool to increase government control over American lives, incomes and decision making. It has no place in the Society's activities.”
“... I shall go on making sublime and philosophical discoveries, and employing myself in deep, abstract studies.”

Source : Lady Hester Lucy Stanhope (1846). “Memoirs of the Lady Hester Stanhope”, p.13
“You can keep all your Bests, Peles and Maradonas, Duncan Edwards was the greatest of them all.”
“A map of the moon... should be in every geological lecture room; for no where can we have a more complete or more magnificent illustration of volcanic operations. Our sublimest volcanoes would rank among the smaller lunar eminences; and our Etnas are but spitting furnaces.”

Source : "On the Volcanoes of the Moon", American Journal of Science, p. 347, 1846.
“The single biggest issue that I'm very sensitive to is inflation. I'm very concerned that this extended period where the interest rates were quite low and stimulated a lot of activity could breed inflation and create a problem for us.”

Source : "Zell tells of optimistic outlook on real estate". Interview with Denny Gainer, usatoday30.usatoday.com. May 2, 2004.

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