"Discovering the unexpected is more important than confirming the known."

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George E. P. Box

#Important Quotes #Unexpected Quotes #Discovering Quotes

“Education has for its object the formation of character.”
“Mattia was right: the days had slipped over her skin like a solvent, one after the other, each removing a very thin layer of pigment from her tattoo, and from both of their memories. The outlines, like the circumstances, were still there, black and well delineated, but the colors had merged together until they faded into a dull, uniform tonality, a neutral absence of meaning.”
“I know all about the facts of life, and I don't think much of them.”
“I try not to go crazy, but yes, I pay attention to what I eat”
“Amateurs go broke taking large losses, professionals go broke taking small profits.”
“Worry is evidence of an ill-controlled brain; it is merely a stupid waste of time in unpleasantness.”
“One of the best lovers in Hollywood. What would a title like that encompass exactly? She wondered. Technique? Enthusiasm? Or was it more about equipment?”

Source : Sarah Mayberry (2008). “Burning Up”, p.57, Harlequin
“One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.”

Source : Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides (1959). “Euripides”

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