"Our response to the world is essentially one of wonder, of confronting the mysterious with a sense, not of being small, or insignificant, but of being part of a rich and complex narrative."

-- John Burnside

#World Quotes #Narrative Quotes #Mysterious Quotes

“If the history of science teaches us anything, it is that what conquers our ignorance is research, not giving up and attributing our ignorance to the miraculous work of a creator.”

Source : Jerry A. Coyne (2009). “Why Evolution Is True”, p.150, Penguin
“I was that kind of kid that was going to the movies every weekend, I couldnt get enough of the movies, and now I get to make them. So I kind of have a one-track mind.”
“The people see that Wall Street is running our economic policy, that big oil is running our energy policy and the military industrial complex is determining our foreign policy.”
“We was sneakin' in and it was general admission, Now we ownin' the arena and decidin' who allowed in it.”
“I think the 50mm lens is an extremely good discipline lens; it requires you to see in a more refined way, not just tighter.”
“I'm a firm believer in quiet confidence. By that I mean knowing inwardly that you are good, and not exhibiting a boastful attitude outwardly. If an athlete doesn't believe in himself, no one else will.”
“Feminism is a political practice of fighting male supremacy on behalf of women as a class, including all the women you don't like, including all the women you don't want to be around, including all the women who use to be your best friends whom you don't want anything to do with any more. It doesn't matter who the individual women are.”
“Did they look like anyone we know? For exampleâ€¦ a cross between Pippi Longstocking and the Wicked Witch of the West would obviously give us Marcie Millar”

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