"To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten to tout for flattery."

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Source : In L. C. Collins Life of John Churton Collins (1912) p. 316

John Churton Collins

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“It's very easy, when things like the gay marriage write-in happen, to get sick of how people view language and say, "ah, come on it's just a dictionary." But then you hear from people who say if you take out "retarded" it won't exist anymore, and there will be no slurs for people to call my child. And that's just heartrending.”

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“I've always wanted to be a spy, and frankly I'm a little surprised that British intelligence has never approached me.”

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“When I was doing Professor Albert Einstein's bust he had many a jibe at the Nazi professors, one hundred of whom had condemned his theory of relativity in a book. 'Were I wrong,' he said, 'one professor would have been enough.”
“Youâ€™re not terrified of me. Youâ€™re terrified of letting yourself care for me, and I canâ€™t say I blame you. People who love me usually end up dead. But you see, Iâ€™m not going to give you any choice. You belong to me now whether you like it or not.â€ â€œI donâ€™t like it, not one bit!â€ â€œTry to escape,â€ he suggested coolly. â€œGo ahead. See what happens. Give me one excuse to take what I want from you, even if it is against your will. I want you that much. Too damned much.â€ He turned without warning and kissed her, flattening her back against the pine mast.”
“It is sometimes desirable to distort or accentuate with lenses of various focal lengths... Deliberate distortion may actually add to its reality.”
“For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst and provide for it.”
“It seems that the increased number of scientific workers, their being split up into groups whose studies are limited to a small subject, and over-specialization have brought about a shrinking of intelligence. There is no doubt that the quality of any human group decreases when the number of the individuals composing this group increases beyond certain limits... The best way to increase the intelligence of scientists would be to decrease their number.”
“One who fears failure limits his activities. Failure is only the opportunity to more intelligently begin again.”

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