"When I said I retired from basketball playing, I have retired. You will not see me play again. That is a promise."

-- Karl Malone

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“The problem facing a comprehender is analogous to the problem that a detective faces when trying to solve a crime. In both cases there is a set of clues.”
“That evening, rowing on the quiet river as sunset turned to dusk, I saw an occasional smoky smudge on the towpath, always slightly ahead of me, like a dark star guiding me home.”

Source : Deborah Harkness (2014). “All Souls Trilogy”, p.63, Penguin
“In my lifetime, I've come to realize that you can't depend upon other people for what you want. You can't be scared to go out and get it. You have to dream big, wish hard & chase after your goals, because no one is going to do it for you.”
“I am beginning now to see how radically the character of my spiritual journey will change when I no longer think of God as hiding out and making it as difficult as possible for me to find him, but instead as the one who is looking for me while I am doing the hiding...”
“The focus of my research is how secular movements originated in West Asian countries and subsequently changed to pan-Islamic movements. The role of Western countries in this aspect is also a part of the research.”
“I didn't get my degree at NYU; I got it later, they gave me an honourary one.”
“No matter what the results, the act of searching will always enrich my work.”
“A writer who says that there are no truths, or that all truth is ‘merely relative,’ is asking you not to believe him. So don’t.”

Source : Roger Scruton (2012). “Modern Philosophy: An Introduction and Survey”, p.12, A&C Black

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