"The world is full of small ignorances. We must all do our best to ignore them and thereby keep them small, don't you think"

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Source : Helen Simonson (2010). “Major Pettigrew's Last Stand”, p.69, A&C Black

Helen Simonson

#Ignorance Quotes #Thinking Quotes #World Quotes

“To get high data transfer rates in communicating information, you would love to use optical fibers. The problem is that light is extremely hard to manipulate. So we make a perfect copy of the information carried by the light. We transfer it to matter - the condensate.”
“I think playing the way I played, and knowing the game the way I know it, I think I'm going to have a better idea as to what the mindset of each player was.”

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“The phenomenon of HIV criminalization is so much more massive than people understand.”
“I've never taken myself too seriously.”
“If you go through life convinced that your way is always best, all the new ideas in the world will pass you by.”
“I like having the vinyl, but it's not like we're going to sell an umbrella or something. I don't like the idea of selling something that's not music - I mean, I like going to shows and buying the shirt, but beyond that, I don't know. There's a lot of crap in the world.”
“Technique-bodily control-must be mastered only because the body must not stand in the way of the soul's expression.”
“He is the dark prince. The all-powerful one. The leader of the creatures of the night." Then Meena said, "I'm confused then. I thought the prince of darkness was the devil." [......] "Wait," Meena said, blinking. " Are you saying....." "Yes," Alaric said. "That is exactly what I'm saying." Jon looked blank. "I don't understand. Is he the devil or not?" "Lucien Antonescu," Alaric said. "is a vampire. Not just any vampire, but the ruler of all vampires.”

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