"Life is too precious to spend it with important people."

-- Harry Partch

#People Quotes #Important Quotes #Life Is Quotes

“This is the planet teeming, this place weâ€™ve come to and will leave tomorrow, deepened for the long return but not the wedded reach, the losing touch of self to self, contented more or less and known not nearly well enough.”

Source : Christopher Cokinos (2013). “Bodies, of the Holocene”, p.16, Truman State University Press
“Literature is the safe and traditional vehicle through which we learn about the world and pass on values from on generation to the next. Books save lives.”
“I have tried raising money by asking for it, and by not asking for it. I always got more by asking for it.”
“I see my face in the mirror, and I said, No, my ambition is not to be an actor.”
“Infield practice is more mystic ritual than preparation, encouraging the big-leaguer, no less than the duffer in the stands, to believe in spite of all evidence to the contrary, that playing ball is a snap.”
“The intolerant can be viewed as free-riders, as persons who seek the advantages of just institutions while not doing their share to uphold them.”

Source : "A Theory of Justice". Book by John Rawls, 1971.
“When it comes to meeting and attracting women, many men are resigned and complacent. We figure some guys were born with that particular power and other guys weren't. I wasn't.”
“Understanding the simple fact that morality differs around the world, and even within societies, is the first step toward understanding your righteous mind.”

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