"We have five senses in which we glory and which we recognize and celebrate, senses that constitute the sensible world for us. But there are other senses - secret senses, sixth senses, if you will - equally vital, but unrecognized, and unlauded ... unconscious, automatic."

-- Oliver Sacks

#Secret Quotes #Vision Quotes #World Quotes

“Above all things we must be aware of what I will call 'inert ideas' - that is to say, ideas that are merely received into the mind without being utilized, or tested, or thrown into fresh combinations.”
“Pay attention to minute particulars. Take care of the little ones. Generalization and abstraction are the plea of the hypocrite, scoundrel, and knave.”
“Community connectedness is not just about warm fuzzy tales of civic triumph. In measurable and well-documented ways, social capital makes an enormous difference in our lives...Social capital makes us smarter, healthier, safer, richer, and better able to govern a just and stable democracy.”
“I've done quite a few big American films.”
“I am incredibly proud of the many journalists I have worked with throughout my career and the great campaigns that we have fought and won.”

Source : "Watch Rebekah Brooks' emotional speech in which she says she feels ''vindicated'' by phone hacking verdicts" by Jason Beattie, www.mirror.co.uk. June 26, 2014.
“Take up a weapon and you become an instrument with as pure a purpose as the weapon itself: to find arteries and open them, limbs and sever them; to take what is alive and deliver it unto death.”
“I was never interested in singing in the church or school. I was more interested in becoming a musician.”
“Writing is a funny business. You sit in your room and listen to voices and write everything down. What kind of a profession is that?”

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