"If I can give you some kind of knowledge of life you should listen."

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Source : "Leon Spinks is down, not out". Interview with Stan Grossfeld, www.sfgate.com. December 25, 2005.

Leon Spinks

#Giving Quotes #Kind Quotes #Should Quotes

“The physicist is like someone who's watching people playing chess and, after watching a few games, he may have worked out what the moves in the game are. But understanding the rules is just a trivial preliminary on the long route from being a novice to being a grand master. So even if we understand all the laws of physics, then exploring their consequences in the everyday world where complex structures can exist is a far more daunting task, and that's an inexhaustible one I'm sure.”
“The real battle is in choosing in the edit room. It's in how you contextualize information.”
“As George Orwell wisely observed a generation later, the only way swiftly to end a war is to lose it.”
“Ending AIDS is an opportunity for this generation. We should not miss this opportunity”
“I was surprised when I was asked to play Miss Daisy and wondered if I could Â– only in part because she was Jewish but, also because she was a Southern woman who has hardly opened her mouth before she declares she's not prejudiced, and yet everything she does shows how totally prejudiced she is.”
“Iâ€™ve always had this idea that if youâ€™re going to try something, if youâ€™re going to expend that first big block of effort and energy to participate - whether itâ€™s riding the Tour de France or applying for a new job or coaching your daughterâ€™s soccer team - you might as well go ahead and give whatever else it takes to win, I mean, Iâ€™m going to be there no matter what, right? Why not go ahead and get the victory?”
“Advice for a human 86. To like something is to insult it. Love it or hate it. Be passionate. As civilisation advances, so does indifference. It is a disease. Immunize yourself with art. And love.”
“Our mind is so fortunately equipped, that it brings us the most important bases for our thoughts without our having the least knowledge of this work of elaboration. Only the results of it become unconscious.”

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