"It is the mind which creates the world around us, and even though we stand side by side in the same meadow, my eyes will never see what is beheld by yours, my heart will never stir to the emotions with which yours is touched."

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Source : George Gissing (2016). “The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft”, p.98, The Floating Press

George Gissing

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“We have the hardest working people in the world, the most adaptable and the most congenial to employ.”
“When you wake up in the morning and nothing hurts, you can be sure you're dead.”
“I sat in the sun on a bench; the animal within me licking the chops of memory; the spiritual side a little drowsed, promising subsequent penitence, but not yet moved to begin.”
“Filthy, mucky tools: filthy, mucky work. Clean, beautiful tools: clean, beautiful work.”
“I was wearing my best Gap turtleneck and my dates were two adult lesbians, so yea, I was pretty cool.”
“I'm just the type of person that realizes that someone is always going to have something to say so I could care less about it.”
“I am opposed to millionaires, but it would be dangerous to offer me the position.”
“We send our [peacekeepers] off to some disputed zone, full of local intrigue and power blocs and uncertainty and danger, and they are supposed to save lives not with their weapons, but through their competence and their character. And they do it.”

Source : Speech on the occasion of the presentation of the insignia of the Order of Military Merit, February 05, 1997.

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