"The poems are all wrong. It's a bang, a really big bang. Not a whimper. And sometimes gold can stay."

-- Kami Garcia

#Gold Quotes #Bangs Quotes #Sometimes Quotes

“We do not quite say that the new is more valuable because it fits in; but its fitting in is a test of its value - a test, it is true, which can only be slowly and cautiously applied, for we are none of us infallible judges of conformity.”
“All matter/space has some degree of "self" in it, and this self, or anyway some aspect of the personal, is something which infuses all matter/space and everything we know as matter but now think to be mechanical.”
“I get a lot of influence from pro wrestling. People are like, 'Oh, it's fake.' But it's not about whether the guy wins or loses, it's about how he entertains you the whole time you're watching.”
“At least when one speaks of oneself one is passionate, well-informed and specific.”
“Instructions for living a life. Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.”

Source : FaceBook post by Mary Oliver from Sep 17, 2016
“Big data is indeed a buzzword but it is one that is frankly under-hyped.”
“As Plato insisted two thousand years ago, it is not by means of the image that moral, ethical, or political knowledge is produced.”
“we should be careful not to let machinery swamp life. That we should be sure, when we are confronted with a fresh mechanical contrivance, that we are not losing more than we gain by adopting it.”

Source : Ann Bridge (2013). “Singing Waters”, p.17, A&C Black

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