"We communicated with pithy, rather monosyllabic thoughts: viz. Run, Jump, Where? Left, Up, Duck, ect. (This latter was an observation I made on the edge of a lake. Nathaniel unfortunately took it as a command, which resulted in our temporary immersion.) We didn't ever quite say Ug, but it was a close-run thing."

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Jonathan Stroud

#Running Quotes #Ducks Quotes #Lakes Quotes

“Coerced innocence is like an imprisoned lark,--open the door, and it is off forever. The bird that roams through the sky and the groves unrestrained knows how to dodge the hawk and protect itself; but the caged one, the moment it leaves its bars and bolts behind, is pounced upon by the fowler or the vulture.”
“Energy may be likened to the bending of a crossbow; decision, to the releasing of a trigger.”
“The meaning that we are seeking in evolution is its meaning to us, to man. The ethics of evolution must be human ethics. It is one of the many unique qualities of man, the new sort of animal, that he is the only ethical animal. The ethical need and its fulfillment are also products of evolution, but they have been produced in man alone.”

Source : George Gaylord Simpson (1956). “The Meaning of Evolution”
“Friends donâ€™t spy; true friendship is about privacy, too.”
“Photography has taken me from isolation.”
“Racing is not what I like to do; it's winning.”
“Ultimately, we are seeking a better understanding of what is means to be human. In this quest, progress is not made by finding the "right" answers, but by asking meaningful questions.”

Source : Terry Winograd, Fernando Flores (1986). “Understanding Computers and Cognition: A New Foundation for Design”, p.13, Intellect Books
“Populism is not a style, it's a people's rebellion against the iron grip that big corporations have on our country - including our economy, government, media, and environment.”

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