"Although many of his other novels are brilliant there is a power in 'Oliver Twist' that I believe Dickens never managed to retrieve. It is as if he was sent to this earth with the sole purpose of writing this book."

-- Henning Mankell

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“By all means, let us simplify the means of controlling time and the myriad details of our lives, but let us vigorously preserve our responsibility to direct our lives toward human accomplishment, rather than the pure accumulation of information.”

Source : Paul Rice (1989). “Timesource”, Ten Speed Pr
“Palaeontological research exhibits, beyond question, the phenomenon of provinces in time, as well as provinces in space.”
“You cannot call yourself patient until you are willing and able to bear things that you have no wish to bear.”
“I mean, I'm 6-foot-11, I've got red hair, freckles, I'm a goofy, nerdy-looking guy, I've got a speech impediment-I stutter and stammer all the time-and I'm a Deadhead.”
“Canada's climate is nine months winter and three months late in the fall.”
“I dislike a great deal of contemporary poetry - all of the past you read is usually quite great - but it is a useful thorn to have in one's side.”
“The only consistency is hostility toward Western religion.”
“Listening is harvesting what is in the speaker's mind.”

Source : Michael Rost (2013). “Teaching and Researching: Listening”, p.3, Routledge

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