"When you are trying to understand the world, it is unwise to assume that you occupy a privileged position in it."

-- Jim Holt

#Trying Quotes #World Quotes #Assuming Quotes

“It's good to shut up sometimes.”
“To drink in the spirit of a place you should be not only alone but unhurried.”
“After Psychonauts went on to be very, very popular in Europe, I got busy with my next big project: being unemployed.”
“You gotta lean towards the things that make you like yourself. Forget everything else.”
“Maybe it was inertia -or worse, fear- that was keeping me in the same place.”
“For me space rock is something that takes you out of yourself and out of your normal realm. And if space happens to be that inner space or outer space it's a very personal thing. I think that mantra is space music. I think that Native American tribal drumming is space music. Anything that allows you to go inward to go outward and to move within a space that is not normal to your reality.”

Source : Source: thequietus.com
“Of course, I don't mean to imply that all writers are working in the deep waters that border on the divine. Most writers are just trying to pay the bills, like anyone else - Stephanie Meyers is the literary equivalent of a television evangelist. Fork over twenty bucks and she'll help you forget your troubles for a while. I certainly don't fault her for her success, but I hope she has no illusions about the quality of her craft or the longevity of her efforts.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“Rohan, one of us is an unmarried man with superior mathematical abilities and no prospects for the evening. The other is a confirmed lecher in an amorous mood, with a willing and nubile young wife waiting at home. Who do you think should do the damned account books?" And, with a nonchalant wave, St. Vincent had left the office.”

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