"Today the world changes so quickly that in growing up we take leave not just of youth but of the world we were young in."

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Source : Peter Brian Medawar (1996). “The Strange Case of the Spotted Mice and Other Classic Essays on Science”, p.116, Oxford University Press, USA

Peter Medawar

#Growing Up Quotes #Anger Quotes #Today Quotes

“Constant attention wears the active mind, Blots out our pow'rs, and leaves a blank behind.”
“We've got a lot of work to do economically in this country to bring about a more just and fair economy.”
“A lot of times students will come up to me and say, "Well, I can't write because I don't know what I think about such-and-such." And I say, "That's why you have to write." You don't wait until you know, because then who cares - it's static.”

Source : Nashville Review Interview, as.vanderbilt.edu. December 1, 2012.
“We must not return to the practice of hiding our defects so they may not be seen. That would be neither honest nor revolutionary.”
“I read 'Scarlett' recently, and that was a killer comic book. The 'Black Widow' was pretty rockin'. There is a big list of killer chicks that are just rockin'.”
“The last story you should write is the most important story. You should start with a story that is just an amusing, entertaining, fun story to write and learn your writing chops with the least important things before you start applying them to the most important things.”
“I always say, what really makes a movie commercial is that it makes its money back.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“If you have extraordinary bread and extraordinary butter, it's hard to beat bread and butter.”

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