"I learned to make my mind large, as the universe is large, so that there is room for paradoxes."

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Source : Maxine Hong Kingston (2010). “The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts”, p.35, Vintage

Maxine Hong Kingston

#Teaching Quotes #Mind Quotes #Rooms Quotes

“I don't want what you see on the screen to just be a brief notion of pleasure but something that lingers. The idea is to have the images revisited. I want it to be something that also enhances the soul. I want the moment of pleasure to produce an attachment.”
“I've enjoyed winning races in both 500cc and MotoGP and enjoyed leading the world championship and contesting it right up until the end.”
“Economics is too important to leave to the economists.”

Source : Steve Keen (2001). “Debunking Economics: The Naked Emperor of the Social Sciences”, p.9, Zed Books
“The State is not the nation, and the State can be modified and even abolished in its present form, without harming the nation. On the contrary, with the passing of the dominance of the State, the genuine life-enhancing forces of the nation will be liberated.”

Source : Randolph Silliman Bourne (1919). “Untimely Papers”
“Preach always. Use words if necessary.”
“If you don't get trained for your SATs in America today, you are at a disadvantage. Training is expensive and a lot of kids don't get trained, perhaps. So I also identify with the kid or the person who has grown up in environments like I've grown up in.”
“The thing I learned was the lack of coordination in research projects in the world and therefore you will have gaps in what we could possibly learn from these research projects.”

Source : Source: blogs.indiewire.com
“We go, in winter's biting wind, On many a short-lived winter day, With aching back but willing mind To dig and double dig the clay.”

Source : Ruth Pitter (1969). “Collected poems”

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