"Because a doubt is not a denial. Doubt is a powerful tool, and it should be applied to history."

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Source : Walter M. Miller Jr (2014). “A Canticle For Leibowitz”, p.77, Hachette UK

Walter M. Miller, Jr.

#Powerful Quotes #Doubt Quotes #Denial Quotes

“Polar bears did very well in the warmer times. They didn't die out at all; they didn't die out in the last 10,000 years, nor during the previous interglacial, nor the one before that. So, they're just used as a deceitful heartthrob; you know, to pluck your heartstrings because the polar bears might die out.”
“I personally have always found the Unitarian faith a source of comfort and help in my daily life.”
“What greatly attracted me - and it was the main line of advance of Cubism - was how to give material expression to this new space of which I had an inkling. So I began to paint chiefly still lifes, because in nature there is a tactile, I would almost say a manual space... that was the earliest Cubist painting - the quest for space.”

Source : "Letters of the Great Artists - From Blake to Pollock". Book by Richard Friedenthal, 1963.
“All play and no work makes Jack a mere toy.”
“Rather than being taught to ask ourselves who we are, we are schooled to ask others. We are, in effect, trained to listen to othersâ€™ versions of ourselves.”
“I use my job to engage empathy and compassion for people society might stereotype or ostricise.”

Source : "Michael K Williams on drugs, guns and avocados". Interview With Lanre Bakare, www.theguardian.com. January 13, 2015.
“In a country where only men are encouraged, one must be one's own inspiration.”
“You have got to have discipline and focus - on the customer and how you run the business.”

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