"The search for historical laws is, I maintain, mistaken in principle."

-- George Gaylord Simpson

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“I was born with lots of deformities.”
“I pictured a low timber house with a shingled roof, caulked against storms, with blazing log fires inside and the walls lined with all the best books, somewhere to live when the rest of the world blew up.”

Source : Bruce Chatwin (2003). “In Patagonia”, p.27, Penguin
“Power without wisdom is tyranny; wisdom without power is pointless,”

Source : Iain Pears (2003). “Dream of Scipio”, p.44, Penguin
“We've all been underestimated at times. That's life.”

Source : Source: www.elle.com
“Journalists belong in the gutter because that is where the ruling classes throw their guilty secrets.”
“My childhood, adolescence and high school days are unusually important. If there has ever been a time that I developed a uniqueness and sense of humor and the ability to organize, it was then. In those early days, I developed the skills that gave me a certain degree of success in American politics.”
“Summoning up the courage to take action is always the same regardless of how seemingly big or small the challenge. What may look like a small act of courage is courage nonetheless. The important thing is to be willing to take a step forward.”
“As an artist, you have to keep reinventing yourself.”

Source : "The Walker". Interview with Peter Schjeldahl, www.newyorker.com. December 23, 2002.

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