"It's almost impossible to reconcile the realities of how one feels during the day, hour by hour. But I approach things not cynically."

-- Maira Kalman

#Reality Quotes #Impossible Quotes #Hours Quotes

“In no case may we interpret an action [of an animal] as the outcome of the exercise of a higher psychical faculty, if it can be interpreted as the outcome of the exercise of one which stands lower in the psychological scale.”
“I like intersections. They're the nature of New York, and there's always the possibility that when you're at one you can meet someone new. Have I ever met anyone new at an intersection? No, but I like the idea of it. I like cities because if you're stopping on the corner to wait for a light to change, there's the possibility that you and somebody else can talk. And if you and that somebody else start to talk, then you can start to argue, and if you start to argue, you might start a revolution.”

Source : Source: www.revelinnewyork.com
“You have to compete with others in the field. Sometimes the competition gets pretty fierce because you're competing for funds or grants to do your work, the financial work.”
“Maybe there's less oppression growing up in a small village, and fewer rules, and less danger.”

Source : "Luke Treadaway: Hello aliens, fancy a spliff?". Interview with Patrick Barkham, www.theguardian.com. May 11, 2011.
“Snobbery, being an aspiring failing, is sometimes the prophecy of better things.”
“Whoever's job it was to keep the room clean was clearly not an overachiever.”

Source : Steve Hamilton (2007). “Winter of the Wolf Moon: An Alex McKnight Mystery”, p.177, Macmillan
“The oft-heard comment that Leonardo [da Vinci]'s genius managed to transcend the culture of his time is amply justified. But his was not a science-fiction voyage into the future as much as a plunge into the past.”

Source : "The Forgotten Revolution: How Science Was Born in 300 BC and Why It Had to Be Reborn". Book by Lucio Russo, 2004.
“I have a love of gear and pedals, from old pedals to new ones with new sounds. If I get depressed, I start looking for a certain type of pedal, learn the history, who and what it was made for, that kinda thing.”

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