"I still maintain that an ordinary human being has the right to be horrified by a mangled body seen on an afternoon walk."

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Source : Timothy Findley (1983). “The wars”, Laurel

Timothy Findley

#Afternoon Quotes #Body Quotes #Ordinary Quotes

“We govern what the public think about.”
“I'm drawing in my head pretty much.”
“You have attained maturity; display it for us, if you please.”
“What we have found over the years in the marketplace is that derivatives have been an extraordinarily useful vehicle to transfer risk from those who shouldn't be taking it to those who are willing to and are capable of doing so.”
“I don't particularly enjoy watching films in 3D because I think that a well-shot and well-projected film has a very three-dimensional quality to it, so I'm somewhat sceptical of the technology.”
“Desire is an appetite, quickly sated. Longing is a wound, an opening in the heart or the spirit. Whatever the cause, whatever the duration, it almost always leaves a scar.”

Source : Philip Sington (2012). “The Valley of Unknowing”, p.62, Random House
“The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance.”
“Well folks, what do you think? Here's our choices.. Should I give Paul Bearer back to Kane? Should I shove Paul Bearer down these steps?”

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