"Belief is otiose; reality is sufficiently awesome as it stands."

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Source : "The Second Plane: September 11, 2001-2007" book by Martin Amis, www.theguardian.com. 2008.

Martin Amis

#Reality Quotes #Belief Quotes

“Fuel prices are at the center of our lives. They affect our ability to travel, stay warm, and feed ourselves.”
“Believe it or not, I don't collaborate with women, though my agent and editor are both females. For the most part, they do little editing on my characters.”
“All are agreed, that the increase of learning and good morals are great blessings to society.”

Source : Joseph Lancaster (1807). “Improvements in Education, as it Respects the Industrious Classes of the Community: Containing Among Other Important Particulars, an Account of the Institution for the Education of One Thousand Poor Children, Borough Road, Southwark; and of the New System of Education on which it is Conducted”, p.151
“I have to go around and ask people for money, of course, quite a lot. And it's quite an art to ask people for money. But I think that I have to ask them for money for the things that I'm interested in, and of course, money breeds money.”

Source : Source: www.cbsnews.com
“Making a mistake is also an achievement.”
“Every eye sees its own special vision; every ear hears a most different song. In each man's troubled heart, an incision would reveal a unique, shameful wrong.”
“It's the old shell game.”
“We are developing the other parts, and we can't give quite all our attention to the upper part, but soon the lower parts will be developed, and the upper part and the lower part will become partners, that will be wonderful.”

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