"We are here on the planet only once, and might as well get a feel for the place."

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Source : Annie Dillard (2016). “Teaching a Stone to Talk: Expeditions and Encounters”, p.56, Canongate Books

Annie Dillard

#Might Quotes #Planets Quotes #Wells Quotes

“We did 'Erin Brockovich,' we did 'Man on the Moon,' we did 'Living Out Loud,' but now I'm going to keep going.”
“Billy Crystal... I crap bigger than him.”

Source : "The Oscars' Speech". www.rte.ie. February 27, 2011.
“And invention must still go on for it is necessary that we should completely control our circumstances. It is not sufficient that there should [only] be organization capable of providing food and shelter for all and organization to effect its proper distribution.”
“Each and every day, Israel remains on the frontline along with the United States in the War on Terror and is nothing but an unabashed ally of pro-democratic and pro-American policy.”
“Childhood is measured out by sounds and smells and sights, before the dark hour of reason grows.”
“Getting angry can sometimes be like leaping into a wonderfully responsive sports car, gunning the motor, taking off at high speed and then discovering the brakes are out of order.”
“The gas-law of learning: . . . any amount of information no matter how small will fill any intellectual void no matter how large.”
“Thank God I've never been taken to task on a talk-radio show. I won't go on a talk-radio show.”

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