"We have just decided we have to have everything for free. And I think we're starting to pay for it in terms of our mental states."

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Source : Source: www.npr.org

Tim Wu

#Thinking Quotes #Pay Quotes #Starting Quotes

“The function of muscle is to pull and not to push, except in the case of the genitals and the tongue.”
“Being a mother has made my life complete.”
“We live in a world of things, and our only connection with them is that we know how to manipulate or to consume them.”
“Unlike most readers in Antiquity who read their books aloud, we have developed the convention of reading silently. This lets us read more widely but often less well, especially when what we are reading-such as the plays of Shakespeare and Holy Scripture-is a body of oral material that has been, almost but not quite accidentally, captured in a book like a fly in amber.”

Source : Jaroslav Pelikan (2006). “Whose Bible Is It?: A Short History of the Scriptures”, p.16, Penguin
“I see before me the statue of a celebrated minister, who said that confidence was a plant of slow growth. But I believe, however gradual may be the growth of confidence, that of credit requires still more time to arrive at maturity.”
“Genius unrefined resembles a flash of lightning, but wisdom is like the sun.”
“Don't let your ego get in the way of your success.”
“Success is best when its shared”

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