"In the long history of human affairs, common sense doesnâ€™t have the greatest track record."

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Source : Gavin Extence (2013). “The Universe versus Alex Woods”, p.344, Hachette UK

Gavin Extence

#Long Quotes #Track Quotes #Common Sense Quotes

“Making 'Beloved' was an awesome experience.”
“I think there's something important in going against the grain, and perhaps finding value in things that aren't necessarily institutionally recognized.”

Source : Interview with M.I.A., www.interviewmagazine.com. November 19, 2008.
“The relationship between science and the humanities is two-way. Science changes our view of the world and our place in it. In the other direction, the humanities provide the store of ideas and images and language available to us in understanding the world. The exploding star of A.D. 1054, the Crab Nebula, was sighted and documented by the Chinese, but nowhere mentioned in the West, where the Aristotelian notion of the immortality of stars still held sway. We often do not see what we do not expect to see.”
“My flowery and green age was passing away, and I feeling a chill in the fires had been wasting my heart, for I was drawing near the hillside above the grave.”
“These fans here are unbelievable. They showed up and showed out tonight. We needed every little bit of it.”
“Sometimes, the elegant implementation is just a function. Not a method. Not a class. Not a framework. Just a function.”

Source : Twitter post from Mar 31, 2011
“If you want to play something that you hear, you need to listen with your mind's eye. You've heard of the mind's eye, right? Your mind has an ear too. It's a kind of listening, but it's not using your ears to listen. It's listening with your inner ear, and that's what you want to translate onto the guitar.”
“Success means doing things you don't want to do.”

Source : Rory Vaden (2012). “Take the Stairs: 7 Steps to Achieving True Success”, p.151, Penguin

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