"Man is a thinking animal, a talking animal, a toolmaking animal, a building animal, a political animal, a fantasizing animal. But, in the twilight of a civilization he is chiefly a taxpaying animal."

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Source : Hugh MacLennan (2011). “Voices in Time”, p.182, McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

Hugh MacLennan

#Twilight Quotes #Men Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“If you try to make a silent movie with a normal script and you just pull out the dialogue, you will have big problems with the actors because you will ask them to tell a story that you don't know.”
“No one really likes Switzerland, except those who prefer cleanliness to life.”

Source : Trevanian (2005). “The Eiger Sanction: A Novel”, p.180, Crown
“If there's something that you hear on TV about me, just call me and I'll tell you if it's true.”
“...men, groping in the Arctic darkness, had found a yellow metal, and because steamship and transportation companies were booming the find, thousands of men were rushing into the Northland. These men wanted dogs, and the dogs they wanted were heavy dogs, with strong muscles by which to toil, and furry coats to protect them from the frost.”
“Acting is not a profession of competing with other actors, but rather a vocation of sharing with fellow human beings.”
“A sleeping bear had been awoken.”
“The moment a little boy is concerned with which is a jay and which is a sparrow, he can no longer see the birds or hear them sing.”

Source : ERIC BERNE, M.D. (1964). “GAMES PEOPLE PLAY”
“First time you hear something, it sounds outlandish and broken and like it doesn't make sense. But once it's been in your head awhile it's as if the other thoughts in there wriggle out of the way to give it some room.”

Source : "The Lonely Dead". Book by Michael Marshall Smith, 2004.

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