"Historians of literature like to regard a century as a series of ten faces, each grimacing in a different way."

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Richard Ellmann

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“Science is to computer science as hydrodynamics is to plumbing.”

Source : Stan Kelly-Bootle (1995). “The Computer Contradictionary”, p.44, MIT Press
“To by held above the earth and be brushed by the wind," she said,"it's like your heart has been kissed by beauty.”
“I think my ideal man would speak many languages. He would speak Ibo and Yoruba and English and French and all of the others. He could speak with any person, even the soldiers, and if there was violence in their heart he could change it. He would not have to fight, do you see? Maybe he would not be very handsome, but he would be beautiful when he spoke. He would be very kind, even if you burned his food because you were laughing and talking with your girlfriends instead of watching the cooking. He would just say, 'Ah, never mind'.”
“I’ve watched Jurassic Park twice in my life – once when I was six and the second time a couple of weeks ago. It inspired me to think about how gaps in time change our way of perceiving.”
“Some time ago we discovered the carbon cycle - a long-term set of chemical reactions that govern climates based on how much carbon is free in the atmosphere. At that point, it became clear that humans were affecting our environments far more profoundly than we realized. By releasing so much carbon and greenhouse gas into the environment, we're making long-term changes to every aspect of the natural world.”
“This is my vision-what I imagine I'll pass through on my way to the light. The blue sky, the clouds, the rays of light.”
“Four years and everything was the same, except me.”
“Creative thinking inspires ideas. Ideas inspire change.”

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