"An overly pragmatic attitude is not productive on the long run."

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Source : Carlo Rovelli (2007). “Quantum Gravity”, p.4, Cambridge University Press

Carlo Rovelli

#Running Quotes #Attitude Quotes #Long Quotes

“The things I do for love.”
“The sound of water says what I think.”
“The Liberty of the press is the Palladium of all the civil, political and religious rights of an Englishman.”

Source : 'The Letters of Junius' (1772 ed.) 'Dedication to the English Nation'
“Coffee has ... expand[ed] humanity's working-day from twelve to a potential twenty-four hours. The tempo, the complexity, the tension of modern life, call for something that can perform the miracle of stimulating brain activity, without evil, habit-forming after-effects.”
“Trifling favors are readily acknowledged, though cheaply esteemed; but important ones are most rarely remembered.”
“You cannot avoid making judgements but you can become more conscious of the way in which you make them. This is critically important because once we judge someone or something we tend to stop thinking about them or it.”
“Bridget Jones has a lot to answer for.”
“Our first work must be the annihilation of everything as it now exists.”

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