"Sometimes heroism is nothing more than patience, curiosity, and a refusal to panic."

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Source : Leif Enger (2009). “So Brave, Young, and Handsome: A Novel”, p.287, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

Leif Enger

#Curiosity Quotes #Heroism Quotes #Panic Quotes

“In all my eleven years of itinerant ministry I cannot recall any growing church which does not encourage small groups”
“With the abolition of otium and of the ego no aloof thinking is left. ... Without otium philosophical thought is impossible, cannot be conceived or understood.”

Source : Max Horkheimer (1970). “Zeitschrift Fur Sozialforschung”
“For science must breathe the oxygen of freedom.”
“Deep Purple is a damn good band and we've made a niche in rock 'n' roll history. Maybe not a huge one but enough to be very proud of.”
“Karl Marx did not call for an opposition to the forces of history. On the contrary he accepted all of them, the drive of technology, the revolutionizing effects of democratic striving, even the vagaries of capitalism, as being indeed the carriers of a brighter future.”
“You're as good as anyone else is, if you're good. You're no less important than anyone else is in the grand scope of things.”
“Sometimes I can't get out of the character because the story is very intense.”
“Youve got all these books on self help, getting to know yourself, doing the right thing, eating the so-called right foods, even down to what books you have on your shelves. People are encouraged to look to themselves first as opposed to being a part of society.”

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