"Words mean nothing. Action is the only thing. Doing. That's the only thing."

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Source : Ernest J. Gaines (2012). “Bloodline: Five Stories”, p.101, Vintage

Ernest Gaines

#Motivational Quotes #Mean Quotes #Action Quotes

“These days people are much more aware that mathematics is a communal endeavor: even the most brilliant idea gets meaning only from its relation to the whole.”
“I think everyone knows how much of a joint effort being in politics is. It requires all kinds of sacrifices and all kinds of support.”
“On their way toward modern science human beings have discarded meaning. The concept is replaced by the formula, the cause by rules and probability.”

Source : Max Horkheimer, Theodor Adorno (2002). “Dialectic of Enlightenment”, p.3, Stanford University Press
“Right or wrong, the customer is always right.”
“My name is Katniss Everdeen. Why am I not dead? I should be dead.”
“If you are not on the web, you will have problems accessing services.”
“An innings of neurotic violence, of eccentric watchfulness, of brainless impetuosity and incontinent savagery - it was an extraordinary innings, a masterpiece and it secured the Ashes for England [on Pietersen's Ashes winning innings, 2005”
“I do not wish to help Jeremy Clarkson be amusing in the event of my death.”

Source : "Top Gear" with Richard Hammond, July 27, 2008.

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