"The idea of nature contains, though often unnoticed, an extraordinary amount of human history."

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Source : Raymond Williams (2005). “Culture and Materialism: Selected Essays”, p.67, Verso

Raymond Williams

#Ideas Quotes #Unnoticed Quotes #Humans Quotes

“Without missing a beat Roger says, All the moneys right down here and points to the 1st three frets.”
“Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.”
“A woman may very well form a friendship with a man, but for this to endure, it must be assisted by a little physical antipathy.”
“History is the necessary food of good and noble sentiments. It ought to give us at once humility and confidence in the face of greatness.”

Source : "Speaking Of Canada" by Vincent Massey, 1959.
“I don't run away from the idea of philosophy as seductive. I want the sentences to be prose but intense prose, to show that, like life, thinking is not linear.”

Source : Source: www.bookforum.com
“The interesting thing about being a mother is that everyone wants pets, but no one but me cleans the kitty litter.”
“It is more important that we should remember God than that we should breathe: indeed, if one may say so, we should do nothing else besides.”
“In a recording, your ear believes and accepts the trumpets as part of the ensemble, but you can't do that in a concert hall.”

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