"Universities are renowned for their tolerance of unusual characters, especially if they show originality and dedication to their research. I have often made the comment that not only are universities a 'cathedral' for worship of knowledge, they are also 'sheltered workshops' for the socially challenged."

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Source : Tony Attwood (2006). “The Complete Guide to Asperger's Syndrome”, p.301, Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Tony Attwood

#Character Quotes #Dedication Quotes #Tolerance Quotes

“Champions all get kicked when they're down.”
“For example, the vast majority of security break-ins occur as a result of problems with known fixes. With an automated system, you can keep up to date.”
“Some of you...have never read a Patrick O'Brian novel. I beseech you to start now. Start with Master and Commander, which should be available in paperback from your nearest bookseller. And if he-or she-does not have a copy, then beat the wretched fellow.”
“Wherever I make a movie, no matter what size it is, it's always about a straightforward communication with the producer.”
“The buttocks are the most aesthetically pleasing part of the body because they are non-functional. Although they conceal an essential orifice, these pointless globes are as near as the human form can ever come to abstract art.”

Source : "Tynan Right and Left : Plays, Films, People, Places and Events" by Kenneth Tynan, (p. 432), 1967.
“People - and I include myself - get fat because they choose pleasure over self-denial.”
“And that's one thing that helps me is I learn it blandly, vanilla, then I don't try to act it too soon because you start to act it, and you kind of go away from what the next sentence is, what the next paragraph is. So get it down so it kind of can - it's in there so you can then, as I call it, dance on top of it.”
“I don't think anyone who has followed the progress of the Islamofascist terrorists who have threatened us believe we are going to be safe if we try a fortress mentality, to step back and say no one is going to hit us, they don't care about the United States. They do.”

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