"I am completely half afraid to think."

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Source : Flann O'Brien (1996). “The Third Policeman: A Novel”

Flann O'Brien

#Thinking Quotes #Half Quotes

“I believe that dance is the oldest, noblest and most cogent of the arts. I believe that dance is the most perfect symbol of the activity of God and His angels. I believe that dance has the power to heal, mentally and physically. I believe that true education in the art of dance is education of the whole man.”
“Bruce Sutter has been around for awhile and he's pretty old. He's thirty-five years old. That will give you some idea of how old he is.”
“A failed structure provides a counterexample to a hypothesis and shows us incontrovertibly what cannot be done, while a structure that stands without incident often conceals whatever lessons or caveats it might hold for the next generation of engineers.”
“A true gangster can smell out a person's strenghts and weaknesses in a matter of minutes, but what they can sense most of all, what their bodies are most attuned to, is the scent of fear.”

Source : Lorenzo Carcaterra (2002). “Gangster”, p.311, Ballantine Books
“Like Jonah, the whale had swallowed me; unlike him, I believed I would spend eternity inside the belly of the beast.”

Source : Bob Kerrey, Robert Kerrey (2003). “When I Was a Young Man: A Memoir”, Harvest Books
“The her that lived in her looked out through her eyes, through my eyes, and at the me that lives in me.”
“When I was filming the Marilyn Monroe movie, I was listening to a lot of Leonard Cohen.”
“I listen to my own heart, stand for only that. That's it.”

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