"Books are the building blocks of civilization, for without the written word, a man knows nothing beyond what occurs during his own brief years and, perhaps, in a few tales his parents tell him."

-- Louis L'Amour

#Block Quotes #Book Quotes #Men Quotes

“Someone like Jean-Luc Godard is for me intellectual counterfeit money when compared to a good kung fu film.”
“When I see those ads with the quote 'You'll have to see this picture twice,' I know it's the kind of picture I don't want to see once.”
“There's a time for all things.”
“Early experience shapes the structure and function of the brain. This reveals the fundamental way in which gene expression is determined by experience.”

Source : Daniel J. Siegel (2015). “The Developing Mind: How Relationships and the Brain Interact to Shape Who We Are”, p.112, Guilford Publications
“If you are successful, it is because somewhere, sometime, someone gave you a life or an idea that started you in the right direction. Remember also that you are indebted to life until you help some less fortunate person, just as you were helped.”
“I always sent my mother all these huge books I made. When my mother died, I was cleaning her cupboard, and these big books were only 20 pages long. She edited out, maybe burned, every single photograph where I'm naked.”
“I will always remember this summer day in Paris, when I was to perform a great acrobatic move. I can still see myself stepping on the ring of a packed circus along real performers.”
“Give me liberty or give me death.' A human named Patrick Henry said that. I wonder if the Yeerks knew before they came to conquer Earth that humans said things like that. I wonder if the Yeerks knew what they were getting into." -Aximili Esgarrouth Isthill”

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