"As a driver I have come to believe that the person just in front of me and the person just behind me are always just about to do something really stupid. Tense is not the right word, but I am very hyper-aware of such things."

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Source : Source: thequietus.com

Jonathan Meades

#Stupid Quotes #Believe Quotes #Tense Quotes

“I have to speak for myself. As far as videos go - casting, the artwork, everything - I'm completely hands-on. You have to be if you want your points across.”
“Except in pure mathematics, nothing is known for certain (although much is certainly false).”
“She is a real bookworm. I think she lives on print. Her whole house is full of books - looks as if she likes them better than human company.”

Source : Cornelia Funke (2011). “Inkheart”, p.127, Scholastic Inc.
“Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs founded Apple Inc, which set the computing world on its ear with the Macintosh in 1984.”
“Exercise is important, but exercise in a gym is not important. Go and take a walk outside. Skip the umpteenth coffee date and go for a hike instead. Take the stairs. Walk your errands.”
“It is time my colleagues got real. All British universities doing worthwhile research use animals, and, instead of hiding, they should be boasting of their achievements.”
“Each of my books has taken me a different length of time to write - eight months for 'Seesaw Girl,' eight months for 'Shard,' three years for 'When My Name Was Keoko!' The publisher takes another year and a half to work on the book, so altogether each book can take up to three or four years to publish.”

Source : Scholastic Interview, www.scholastic.com.
“Approved attributes and their relation to face make every man his own jailer; this is a fundamental social constraint even though each man may like his cell.”

Source : Erving Goffman (1969). “Where the action is: three essays”, Lane, Allen

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