"Each thing I do, I rush through, so I can do something else."

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Source : Stephen Dobyns, “Pursuit”

Stephen Dobyns

“At almost every step in life we meet with young men from whom we anticipate wonderful things, but of whom, after careful inquiry, we never hear another word. Life certain chintzes, calicoes, and ginghams, they show finely on their first newness, but cannot stand the sun and rain, and assume a very sober aspect after washing day.”
“After the pleasure of possessing books there is hardly anything more pleasant than that of speaking of them, and of communicating to the public the innocent richness of thought which we have acquired by the culture of letters.”
“The first principle of modern cultures may be their connectedness. Culture is like wind and wind knows no boundary or center. Once there is a center, wind becomes a whirlwind.”
“I canâ€™t think of anyone else Iâ€™d travel around the universe with than Amy Pond.”
“The #â€Ž poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest poverty.”
“I love you. Weâ€™re getting married, and thatâ€™s the way it is. Get used to it.”
“The minute you get a religion you stop thinking. Believe in one thing too much and you have no room for new ideas.”

Source : FaceBook post by Ray Bradbury from Apr 11, 2014
“The greatest business icons-it's not that they were worth hundreds of millions, or billions or trillions of dollars, it's that they moved society forward.”

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