"The rhetoric of theory is always in a bind. It pronounces ideas and denounces failures to accept or grasp them while insisting that there are no grounds either for accepting or grasping ideas."

-- Paul Fry

#Ideas Quotes #Accepting Quotes #Grasping Quotes

“I`m sick of carrying guns and beating up women.”
“I tend to be so lost in the work that I don't notice the weather. My partner will come home and say, 'Beautiful day, wasn't it?' and I'll say, 'Was it?' as I won't have noticed the real world at all.”
“Never resist a sentence you like, in which language takes its own pleasure and in which, after having abused it for so long, you are stupefied by its innocence.”
“I don't use my money to gain political influence for my private interests, which is what many rich people do, and what, in a sense, market fundamentalism does, because it is in the interests of people who have a lot of money to have as little taxes as possible.”
“Because we all share this planet earth, we have to learn to live in harmony and peace with each other and with nature. This is not just a dream, but a necessity.”
“For me as leader my time is nearly over but for Scotland the campaign continues and the dream will never die,”

Source : "'My time as leader is nearly over but for Scotland the dream shall never die'". www.heraldscotland.com. September 20, 2014.
“I think reading is important in any form. I think a person who's trying to learn to like reading should start off reading about a topic they are interested in, or a person they are interested in.”
“There are few places more lonely than a crowded night club.”

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