"For the first time, she did want more. She did not know what she wanted, knew that it was dangerous and that she should rest content with what she had, but she knew an emptiness deep inside her, which began to ache."

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Source : Iain Pears (2003). “Dream of Scipio”, p.147, Penguin

Iain Pears

#Contentment Quotes #Firsts Quotes #Want Quotes

“Learning how to learn is life's most important skill.”
“...And while everybody was tremendously impressed with the low cost of the conflict, for the 146 Americans who were killed in action and for their families, it wasn't a cheap war. And the question in my mind is how many additional American casualties is Saddam worth? And the answer is not very damned many.”
“The deeper message that is resonating with people is that it is possible to build. It is possible to invest in people; it is possible to invest in green infrastructure; it's possible to change.”
“I do what I feel impelled to do, as an artist would. Scientists function in the same way. I see all these as creative activities, as all part of the process of discovery. Perhaps that's one of the characteristics of what I call the evolvers, any subset of the population who keep things moving in a positive, creative, constructive way, revealing the truth and beauty that exists in life and in nature.”
“Success is ninety-nine percent failure.”
“I feel naked without jewelry.”
“The Science Coalition, which grew out of an initial concept at Harvard and at MIT, has now grown to an informal group of about 60 research universities.”

Source : "An Interview with MIT President Charles M. Vest". news.mit.edu. December 10, 1997.
“Me? As England's answer to Jonah Lomu? Joanna Lumley, more likely.”

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