"With school turning out more runners, jumpers, racers, tinkerers, grabbers, snatchers, fliers, and swimmers instead of examiners, critics, knowers, and imaginative creators, the word 'intellectual,' of course, became the swear word it deserved to be."

-- Ray Bradbury

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“Never underestimate the power of belief when it comes to fulfilling your dreams. I can say with no hesitation that every person I've ever met who has achieved any degree of success has one thing in common: they believed with all their heart they could do it.”
“If you're not exposing yourself to a non-consensus view somehow over the course of a day, you can reject them, but you should expose yourself to them.”

Source : Source: nordic.businessinsider.com
“It was in 1942 and I flew from St. Louis to Mexico City. I had just gotten married and we were on our honeymoon. I hit .397 and led the Mexican League with 20 home runs and was named the MVP of the league. It's when I realized I could compete with anyone at any level.”
“When you think about Boston, Harvard and M.I.T. are the brains of the city, and its soul might be Faneuil Hall or the State House or the Old Church. But I think the pulsing, pounding heart of Boston is Fenway Park.”
“There's nothing worse than seeing someone chewing gum on the red carpet!”
“There are, fortunately, very few people who can say that they have actually attended a murder.”

Source : Margery Allingham (1959). “Crime and Mr. Campion”
“You want diversity in any intellectual organization. I mean, that's how good ideas arise.”

Source : Big Think Interview, bigthink.com.
“Saying we should keep the two-party system simply because it is working is like saying the Titanic voyage was a success because a few people survived on life rafts.”

Source : "Chicago Tribune" Newspaper, September 10, 1978.

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