"Homeric mind is ingenuity, practical intelligence. There is no Rodin-like deep thinking, no mathematical or philosophical speculation. Odysseus thinks with his hands."

-- Camille Paglia

#Philosophical Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Hands Quotes

“And I endeavour to subdue circumstances to myself, and not myself to circumstances. [Lat., Et mihi res, non me rebus, subjungere conor.]”
“I've never been someone who's been given work because of the way I look or because I have some box office appeal. I get work because people know I'm swinging as hard as I can, trying to connect, giving it my level best. I have a face for radio, but here I am doing what I do.”
“Ah! when will this long weary day have end, And lende me leave to come unto my love? - Epithalamion”
“There is no moment without some duty.”
“I've always felt that I shouldn't make a movie if someone else could do it better.”

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“Buy, buy, buy, buy! They want to grab you and trap you and turn you into little Elizabeth Hurleys.”
“Today it is not a matter of ‘conserving’ the present or returning to a recent past that has failed, but rather of regaining possession of our most archaic roots, which is to say those most suited to the victorious life.”
“Development develops inequality.”

Source : Eduardo Galeano (1997). “Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent”, p.3, NYU Press

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