"... I know a number of Western children who would benefit greatly if only someone were primitive enough to inhibit the development of their personalities."

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Dervla Murphy

#Children Quotes #Numbers Quotes #Personality Quotes

“To find anything comparable with our forthcoming ventures into space, we must go back far beyond Columbus, far beyond Odysseus-far, indeed, beyond the first ape-man. We must contemplate the moment, now irrevocably lost in the mists of time, when the ancestor off all of us came crawling out of the sea.”
“I am a hoarder of two things: documents and trusted friends.”
“I find the film world very romantic. I want to try to be in more movies. When you're on a TV show and you do the same thing for years and years, it can get a little bit boring.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“Crocker's Rules didn't give you the right to say anything offensive, but other people could say potentially offensive things to you , and it was your responsibility not to be offended. This was surprisingly hard to explain to people; many people would read the careful explanation and hear, "Crocker's Rules mean you can say offensive things to other people.”

Source : "Radical Honesty". lesswrong.com. September 10, 2007.
“I'm starting to cry. I'm remembering those years I struggled with my weight, those times when I saw my reflection in a store window and didn't know who that fat person was, years when it was a big accomplishment for me to exercise at two dots on the StairMaster. And now I'm finishing a 26-mile race. Damn! This is better than winning an Emmy!”
“Together we must learn how to compose differences, not with arms, but with intellect and decent purpose.”
“Faith is the 'yes' of the heart, a conviction on which one stakes one's life.”
“But if you tame me, my life will be filled with sunshine. I'll know the sound of footsteps that will be different from all the rest. Others send me back underground. Yours will call me out of my burrow like music.”

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