"Reading student papers, blue books, etc., a form of torture ... a matter of rubbing an iron file over one's teeth, or holding urine in one's mouth, or having the racket of a bulldozer in one's ear for an hour or two on end."

-- Newton Arvin

#Book Quotes #Reading Quotes #Blue Quotes

“Male friends do not always face each other; they stand side by side, facing the world.”
“I'd like to write a big rock anthem again. I just need to listen to Korn, and then I might get the idea of how to do it.”
“It's so quiet this high up, the feeling you get is that you're one of those space monkeys. You do the little job you're trained to do. Pull a lever. Push a button. You don't understand any of it, and then you just die.”
“Unfortunately a Constitutional amendment that would have empowered Congress to make desecration of the United States flag illegal failed to pass by one vote.”
“Many diseases including malaria, dengue, meningitis - just a few examples - these are what we call climate-sensitive diseases, because such climate dimensions for rainfall, humidity and temperature would influence the epidemics, the outbreaks, either directly influencing the parasites or the mosquitoes that carry them.”
“Be sincere and true to your word, serious and careful in your actions; and you will get along even among barbarians, But if you are not sincere and untrustworthy in your speech, frivolous and careless in your actions, how will you get along even among your own neighbors? When stand, see these principles in front of you; in your carriage see them on the yoke. Then you may be sure to get along.”
“In the world of tomorrow, the new man will 'think' the place he wants to go, then his mind will take him there.”
“I never stopped studying Buddhism. In the past few years, in between movies, I do a retreat.”

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