"As with the pursuit of happiness, the pursuit of truth is itself gratifying whereas the consummation often turns out to be elusive."

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Source : Richard Hofstadter (2012). “Anti-Intellectualism in American Life”, p.30, Vintage

Richard Hofstadter

#Truth Quotes #Pursuit Of Happiness Quotes #Turns Quotes

“Whenever I pick up a jacket and it's heavy, I think, 'Oh, I don't want to wear that.'”
“Don Basilio was a forbidding-looking man with a bushy mustache who did not suffer fools and who subscribed to the theory that the liberal use of adverbs and adjectives was the mark of a pervert or someone with a vitamin deficiency.”
“Strange as it may sound, the power of mathematics rests on its evasion of all unnecessary thought and on its wonderful saving of mental operations.”

Source : Ernst Mach, Thomas J. McCormack (2014). “Popular Scientific Lectures”, p.195, Cambridge University Press
“Public Speaking is very easy.”
“Our vision was to serve the whole area”
“Dancers can get to see almost everything now. When I used to go into companies to make a piece, the dancers had hardly ever seen my work. Now they can watch it on YouTube. It means they're much faster at picking up material.”

Source : "Wayne McGregor: Zen and the art of dance". Interview with Judith Mackrell, www.theguardian.com. October 13, 2009.
“Every team begins the year with the goal of going to the NCAA tournament. Until somebody takes that dream away, you pursue it. The reality is, we're a long way off from being in the NCAA tournament. For us to do that is a pipe dream. But if we were to win our last four, we're 8-8 in the best conference in the country. We'd have an opportunity.”
“When I'm playing best, I'm just thinking about the music, just interacting with what my bandmates are playing.”

Source : "Deerhoof". Interview with Marc Masters, pitchfork.com. February 26, 2006.

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