"My Master of Arts degree means nothing at all to these monkeys and I have come to share their indifference."

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Source : Charles Portis (2013). “Escape Velocity”, p.161, The Overlook Press

Charles Portis

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“Finally I'm really happy with the way I'm playing again after a couple of frustrating years.”
“An organization's success has more to do with clarity of shared purpose, common principles and strength of belief in them than to assets, expertise, operating ability or management competence, important as they may be.”
“I talk to our players about life and situations and doing the right thing all the time.”
“When I used to do the action scenes, I would have to play it rough. If you hit an actress accidentally, she would usually take it on the chin and say, `Don't do that again.' But with the guys, they would put ice on it, take a 20-minute break and ask for x-rays. It was unbelievable.”
“If every time you engage in a sex act, you go into a confession box, you will never accept your own sexuality.”
“If I am going to pick and choose the laws I defend, I wouldn't be doing my duty as attorney general.”
“Music is all about seduction, so it's an ongoing flirtation, but watching anyone do what they are talented at is totally intoxicating. Take even the ugliest guy and have them do something they are really passionate about - they are instantly attractive. Unfortunately watching someone write is a little lackluster. Maybe if they had a really sexy keyboard face.”
“Whenever a theory appears to you as the only possible one, take this as a sign that you have neither understood the theory nor the problem which it was intended to solve.”

Source : "Objective Knowledge: An Evolutionary Approach". Book by Karl Popper, 1972.

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