"Were it not for Occam's Razor, which always demands simplicity, I'd be tempted to believe that human beings are more influenced by distant causes than immediate ones. This would especially be true of overeducated people, who are capable of thinking past the immediate, of becoming obsessed by the remote. It's the old stuff, the conflicts we've never come to terms with, that sneaks up on us, half forgotten, insisting upon action."

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Source : "Straight Man". Book by Richard Russo, 1997.

Richard Russo

#Believe Quotes #Past Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“Know the moment when to work diligently. Even more important, know the moment when not to work, but to relax and play instead. This will not only benefit you immensely, but also will astonish your friends and competitors.”
“Private ownership of land is the nether mill-stone. Material progress is the upper mill-stone. Between them, with an increasing pressure, the working classes are being ground.”
“Antimatter is not a source of energy for us, it's a method of storing energy, compact but inefficient.”

Source : Bernard M. Oliver, Len Cutler (1997). “The Selected Papers of Bernard M. Oliver”
“Elvis makes millions every year, although he's been dead for many years.”

Source : Source: www.washingtonpost.com
“I think that there's a liberal element out there that finds me not acceptable. They don't like my stance on a lot of issues because I am conservative.”
“The greatest tragedy in life is the prayers that go unanswered simply because they go unasked.”
“Because I dislike being quoted I lie almost constantly when talking about my work.”
“Decadence is the total loss of unconsciousness, which is the very basis of life. Could it think, the heart would stop beating.”

Source : Fernando Pessoa (2007). “The Selected Prose of Fernando Pessoa”, p.319, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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