"Shadows fall on even the brightest hours."

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Bryan Procter

#Fall Quotes #Night Quotes #Shadow Quotes

“I hated Sundays when I was growing up in Streatham, south London. Everything closed down and stopped.”
“I claim that many patterns of Nature are so irregular and fragmented, that, compared with Euclid-a term used in this work to denote all of standard geometry-Nature exhibits not simply a higher degree but an altogether different level of complexity ... The existence of these patterns challenges us to study these forms that Euclid leaves aside as being "formless," to investigate the morphology of the "amorphous."”

Source : The American Mathematical Monthly, Vol. 91, No. 9, (p. 594), November 1984.
“I was an only child for 16 years. I didn't realize it at the time, but that experience definitely turned me into a people pleaser. I always tried to do what was expected of me, and I constantly sought reassurance from the adults around me that I was doing a good job.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“You must not pity me because my sixtieth year finds me still astonished. To be astonished is one of the surest ways of not growing old too quickly.”

Source : "Earthly Paradise: Colette's Autobiography Drawn from the Writings of Her Life". Book by Sidonie Gabrielle Colette, 1966.
“You can feel small, insignificant and insubstantial, but knowing the universe is in your tiny body should be enough to make you happy.”
“True individualists are always at odds with the universe. Set adrift by their peculiar tastes and interests, they spend their lives searching for kindred spirits and a compatible mate. They are hopelessly out of step with the business world and its trivial urgencies. Their priorities are not the priorities of their neighbors. They are unique; therefore they are alone.”
“America has the highest standard of living of any major country in the entire world. To maintain and enhance that standard of living, America should continue to embrace those qualities which have made America great: openness and dynamism. Openness to new technologies, new ideas and new people is America's greatest source of strength.”
“It's better to make fun of yourself because you've always got someone around to make fun of, and they can't sue you.”

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