"The most erroneous stories are those we think we know best - and therefore never scrutinize or question."

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Source : Stephen Jay Gould (2011). “Full House”, p.57, Harvard University Press

Stephen Jay Gould

#Science Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Fog Quotes

“The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example.”
“I give everything I have to give on the screen. I feel I don't owe the public anything else.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“You're not a real manager unless you've been sacked.”
“I always wished there was somebody like the Coen Brothers and they appeared. And so yeah, my favorite role that I've ever done was in The Man Who Wasn't There. That's my very favorite character I've ever played.”

Source : Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com
“And here he was, a little halfling from the Shire, a simple hobbit of the quiet countryside, expected to find a way where the great ones could not go, or dared not go. It was an evil fate.”
“The learning process continues until the day you die.”

Source : "Kirk Douglas: What I've Learned" by Mike Sager, www.esquire.com. April 2001.
“Nowadays everyone is trying to live up to the expectations of their surroundings, especially in the industry they work for, and I think that we forget that we also can decide and just say, I'm ending it because I want to.”
“With success comes a lot of failure, and it doesn't matter how many times you fall it just depends on how you get up and keep succeeding.”

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