"You know, if I tried to change the minds of everyone who I thought needed changing, I'd never have time to do anything else."

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Source : Charles Stross (2006). “Glasshouse”, p.197, Penguin

Charles Stross

#Mind Quotes #Needed Quotes

“Castles in the air - they are so easy to take refuge in. And so easy to build too.”
“In times of life crisis, whether wild fires or smoldering stress, the first thing I do is go back to basics... am I eating right, am I getting enough sleep, am I getting some physical and mental exercise everyday.”
“Research cannot be forced very much. There is always danger of too much foliage and too little fruit.”
“I have followed my ear and my heart, which may be false. I hope not.”

Source : "In the Net of Stars". Book by Frank Stuart Flint, 1909.
“People who think they know what they are talking about when they talk about baseball include the announcers and all of the sports press - no matter how much evidence you present them to the contrary they will continue to think that what they think is right.”
“Masculinity varies from time to time and place to place. But it doesn't exist just in the mind of a single guy: it is shared withthe other guys. It is a code of conduct that requires men to maintain masculine postures and attitudes (however they are defined) at all times and in all places. Masculinity includes the symbols, uniforms, chants, and plays that make this the boys' team rather than the girls' team.”
“There's this expression called postmodernism, which is kind of silly, and destroys a perfectly good word called modern, which now no longer means anything.”
“My core beliefs revolve around the idea that we should live to the best of our abilities-we should live and let live.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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