"Happiness lies in a large measure of self-forgetfulness, either in work . . . or in the love of others. â™¥"

-- Everett Ruess

#Lying Quotes #Self Quotes #Forgetfulness Quotes

“The validity of mathematical propositions is independent of the actual world-the world of existing subject-matters-is logically prior to it, and would remain unaffected were it to vanish from being. Mathematical propositions, if true, are eternal verities.”

Source : Cassius Jackson Keyser (1929). “The pastures of wonder: the realm of mathematics and the realm of science”
“What need had the businessman to scribble or philosophize when he dominated the imagination of his time and the frantic materialism that was his principle of existence had become the haunting central figure in contemporary life?”

Source : Alfred Kazin (2013). “On Native Grounds: An Interpretation Of Modern American Prose Literature”, p.52, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“The [nonprofit] sector enhances our creativity, enlivens our communities, nurtures individual responsibility, stirs life at the grassroots, and reminds us that we were born free.”
“grievance does not make for great art.”
“Events tend to recur in cycles.”
“The Board of Trade Make Do and Mend campaign is intended to help you get the last ounce of wear out of all your clothes”
“I try to set up a playful atmosphere on the set so that they don't get tired too easily. They know it's work but they can also have fun, and when it's time to dig deep inside of them, they can go there.”
“England's always expecting. No wonder they call her the Mother Country”

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