"I also found being called Sir rather silly."

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Harold Pinter

#Silly Quotes #Found Quotes

“We are all puppets in the hands of fate and seldom see the strings...”

Source : Charles W. Chesnutt (2015). “The Marrow of Tradition”, p.222, Xist Publishing
“Science has often resisted new ideas and fought bitterly to prevent them coming on board.”
“On parties it's not about who you are. The real reason to which a party revolves is how good you look.”
“Where two or three are met together, the prayer of one strikes fire from the soul of another; and the latter in his turn leads the way to nobler heights of devotion. And lo! as their joy increases, there is One in their midst whom they all recognize and cling to. He was there before, but it is only when their hearts begin to burn that they recognize Him; and in a true sense they may be said to bring Him there.”
“Survival is both an exalted privilege and a painful burden.”
“You want to come in and prove yourself early. Obviously, it is a responsibility being drafted that high to come in and play well and to make an impact. If not, youre going to get cut. So you have to come in, make the team, have an impact and do something special. And I feel that, obviously, internally. I feel an obligation to myself to do that but obviously the organization, the fans, this community. I mean, they dont want to see a first-round draft pick be a bust, so I feel I have to come in and hopefully make an impact early.”
“We demand of our political life greater certainty and greater perfection than we demand of our personal life.”
“You will say that I am old and mad, was what Michaelangelo wrote, but I answer that there is no better way of being sane and free from anxiety than by being mad.”

Source : David Markson (1988). “Wittgenstein's Mistress”

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