"Geographically speaking, I was born on a French island - the Ã®le d'OlÃ©ron. Otherwise, I come from a milieu where culture was of the utmost importance. I learned music even before I learned to read. I always read books beyond my years."

-- Pierre Berge

#Book Quotes #Culture Quotes #Importance Quotes

“I would not fear nor wish my fate, but boldly say each night, to-morrow let my sun his beams display, or in clouds hide them; I have lived today.”

Source : Abraham Cowley, “A Vote (Excerpt)”
“We actually don't know the function of sleep all that well yet, but sleep is a time of quiescence in the brain.”
“There are few instincts more natural than the body in full motion as it races across a field or through the trees.”

Source : Neal Bascomb (2005). “The Perfect Mile: Three Athletes, One Goal, and Less Than Four Minutes to Achieve It”, p.57, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“You should see my corgis at sunset in the snow. It's their finest hour. About five o'clock they glow like copper. Then they come in and lie in front of the fire like a string of sausages.”
“Many a painter has lived in affluence, in high esteem, who lacked the divine spark, and who is utterly forgotten to-day.”
“Science has so accustomed us to devising and accepting theories to account for the facts we observe, however fantastic, that our minds must begin their manufacture before we are aware of it.”
“I can't remember when I wasn't an animal rights activist.”
“I thought I had a type but I don't really have a type anymore. I just look for a girl who doesn't take herself too seriously.”

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