"Answers? Forget answers. The spectacle is all in the questions."

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Source : Rebecca Goldstein (1993). “The Mind-Body Problem”, Penguin Group USA

Rebecca Goldstein

#Answers Quotes #Forget Quotes

“Their notion of training was to march the men up and down in parades and reviews: these were nice to look at and gave them the impression of military discipline and precision, but as a preparation for a modern war they had no value whatsoever.”

Source : Orlando Figes (1997). “A people's tragedy: a history of the Russian Revolution”, Viking Pr
“Tell people what specific action to take.”
“One thing the passage of time has shown me is that you never know how you'll behave in a situation until you're in that situation yourself.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“I think it is something that is so important, to be very aware of the direction in which the 21st century is going with all this blind faith in democracy. And by the way, I am not against democracy - I am against the blind faith that is being put in democracy.”
“Today I am amazed at the things our children have done and their wide range of interests. They are all living their lives and not the ones I would have planned for them. But I have learned that their lives are theirs, not mine, and in living their own lives they have given me experiences and an education I would never have had if I'd been fool enough to make them do what I thought they should do.”
“I don't try to be completely calculating in everything I say and do, but there's no way I'm going to talk. There's no reason to. And that's why I'm such a boring interview, because I don't go for the shock value, or smartass answers.”

Source : "Chris O'Donnell: Whatever Blows Your Hair Back". Interview with Lawrence Grobel, movieline.com. March 1, 1996.
“It's a hard concept for me to wrap my head around to completely sacrifice any sort of love in your life, to never experience that on a personal level.”
“I'm amazed that I can still play really. But I can.”

Source : "Drumming Legend Ginger Baker Is 'Amazed' He Can Still Play". Interview with Dan Hyman, www.esquire.com. June 24, 2014.

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