"If there is one eternal truth of politics, it is that there are always a dozen good reasons for doing nothing."

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Source : FaceBook post by John le Carré from Oct 20, 2010

John le Carre

#Dozen Quotes #Doing Nothing Quotes #Reason Quotes

“Do you ever just want to take your car out onto the highway and gun the engine as fast as you can and then close your eyes and see what happens?”
“For me, there's still a lot of room to grow; I'm just happy that I have so much more to give.”
“I run 5 miles every night. Itâ€™s where I go to digest my day, hash out the multitude of information thatâ€™s been poured into me in the last wild six months or so, and to try and condense it down to some sort of cohesive strategy to live my life by.”
“The illustration which solves one difficulty by raising another, settles nothing. [Lat., Nil agit exemplum, litem quod lite resolvit.]”
“We have agreed that peace can be achieved with the removal of the occupation and the end of aggression.”
“Art, and, above all, music, has a fundamental function, which is to catalyze the sublimation that it can bring about through all means of expression. It must aim through fixations which are landmarks, to draw [one] towards a total exaltation in which the individual mingles, losing his consciousness in a truth immediate, rare, enormous, and perfect. If a work of art succeeds in this undertaking even for a single moment, it attains its goal.”

Source : Iannis Xenakis (1992). “Formalized Music: Thought and Mathematics in Composition”, p.1, Pendragon Press
“I went to collect the few personal belongings which...I held to be invaluable: my cat, my resolve to travel, and my solitude.”
“Do you mind even a little that you are still addicted to people-pleasing, and are still putting everyone elseâ€™s needs and laundry and career ahead of your creative, spiritual life? Giving all your life force away, to â€œhelpâ€ and impress. Well, your help is not helpful, and falls short.”

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