"If the individual is a unit in a corporate mass, his life is not merely brutish and short, but dull and mechanical."

-- Herbert Read

#Life Quotes #Literature Quotes #Dull Quotes

“In Mexico the gods ruled, the priests interpreted and interposed, and the people obeyed.In Spain, the priests ruled, the king interpreted and interposed, and the gods obeyed. A nuance in an ideological difference is a wide chasm.”

Source : 1961 A Talent for Loving, bk.1, ch.6.
“No wonder the tulip is the patron flower of Holland. Looking at it one almost smells fresh paint laid on in generous brilliance: doors, blinds, whole houses, canal boats, pails, farm wagons - all painted in greens, blues, reds, pinks, yellows.”

Source : Elizabeth Jane Coatsworth (1976). “Personal geography: almost an autobiography”, Stephen Greene Press
“NRTC is pleased with our preliminary agreement and we look forward to working with SES AMERICOM, as it develops the exciting, new IP-PRIME platform, .. NRTC is focused on finding telecommunications solutions that are ideal for rural communities and working with our membership to make those solutions a reality across the country.”
“If I have to write by a certain time, I can pull through, but usually I just let stuff happen, hanging out with comic friends - or bringing a basic idea on stage and seeing if it goes anywhere.”
“I wish to be a martyr, and I don't fear death.”
“Boldness governed by superior intellect is the mark of a hero.”
“I grew up in Cambridge in England, and my love of mathematics dates from those early childhood days.”

Source : "Andrew Wiles on Solving Fermat". The NOVA Interview, www.pbs.org. November 1, 2000.
“You have to love the guy that you play, even if you play the villain, you've got to love him.”

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