"Learning gives us a fuller conviction of the imperfections of our nature; which one would think, might dispose us to modesty."

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Jeremy Collier

#Thinking Quotes #Giving Quotes #Imperfection Quotes

“I spent a long time in art school so I can really draw. I'll doodle and suddenly I'll find the beginning of the movie in one picture. Usually, I start my stuff on the telephone. Right by the telephone I've got a book of doodles. When I'm on the phone, I'll be doing a drawing eventually.”
“If you have cancer, the most important single consideration is to get the maximum amount of vitamin B17 into your body in the shortest period of time. This is secondary to the medical skill involved in administering it, which is relatively minimal.”
“The fate of millions of peopleâ€”indeed the future of the black community itselfâ€”may depend on the willingness of those who care about racial justice to re-examine their basic assumptions about the role of the criminal justice system in our society.”

Source : Michelle Alexander (2013). “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness”, p.16, The New Press
“The saddest day of the year is the day baseball season ends.”
“In Los Angeles, everything is 100 percent organic, except the people.”
“Sit a man on his ***** with nothing to do but eat and the first thing that goes is his mind. It never fails.”
“Rashness attends youth, as prudence does old age.”
“There are many To-morrows, my Love, my Love, There is only one To-day.”

Source : Joaquin Miller (1975). “Joaquin Miller's Poems”, New York : AMS Press

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