"About the fearful sphere which we inhabit, whose centre may be calculated and whose circumference is physically established, there spin metaphors whose centre is everywhere and whose circumference shows itself only through holes in the dark."

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Source : Michael Ayrton (1971). “The Rudiments of Paradise: Various Essays on Various Arts”

Michael Ayrton

#Dark Quotes #Earth Quotes #May Quotes

“Primitive, simplistic anti-Communism is all too often used as a common denominator for diverse efforts to perpetuate one's own power in a democratic system, convert opinions into dogma, and kill off all opposition, even silent.”
“Channel a bohemian state of mind with an effortless dress paired with a must have embroidered moto jacket.”
“Try for a record of emotion, rather than a piece of topography.”

Source : Frederick H. Evans, Anne Hammond (1992). “Frederick H. Evans: selected texts and bibliography”
“Sports have always been a really important part of how I energize myself, as well as how I relax. I spend a lot of my spare time with my family playing tennis, biking and rollerblading.”
“Unfortunately, there's a big, bad new bully threatening ocean animals, climate change. We might save fish only to have them starve because of climate change. It seems like the problems just won't stop. That's what got me to quit my cushy University job and take a big pay cut to work on conservation.”

Source : Source: www.treehugger.com
“I started tennis around age 2.”
“You work [as an actor] for a bit, and then the job ends 'cause you get thrown off a bridge. And then, you suddenly don't have a career and you have to wait for the next bit to come along. It's the most strange profession in the world.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“I know at last what distinguishes man from animals; financial worries.”

Source : "The Anchor Book of French quotations, with English Translations". Book by Norbert Guterman, 1963.

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