"Chronicles are not explanatory of what they record."

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Source : Gilbert Ryle (2015). “The Concept of Mind”, p.169, Lulu Press, Inc

Gilbert Ryle

#Records Quotes #Chronicles Quotes

“We see death constantly on film.”
“Sometimes I misstep into something perhaps I shouldn't, but with age comes a thick, high pair of rubber boots to wade through the barnyard. We should all have to get to the dirt and 'muck out' at some point in our lives.”
“Travel can transform communities and lives around the world... Imagine if we got to a place where people can go on holidays as their way of giving back.”
“I had a really good time in New Orleans, although I had some very tragic times in Baton Rouge. Some guys beat me up and threw my horn away. 'Cause I had a beard, then, and long hair like the Beatles.”
“I have lived under the threat of death for a year now. And because of that, I have made choices. Listen to me. I alone should suffer the consequences of those choices, no one else. And those consequences, they're coming. No more prolonging the inevitable.”
“I come to Maui and go surfing, standup paddling, slacklining, swimming, and free-diving.”

Source : "Olympic Skier Julia Mancuso Trains in Sand, Not Snow". Interview with Cristina Goyanes, www.shape.com. October 21, 2013.
“When you move the camera, or you do a shot like the crane down (in Shawshank) with them standing on the edge of the roof, then it's got to mean something. You've got to know why you're doing it; it's got to be for a reason within the story, and to further the story.”
“Whatever is not nailed down is mine. What I can pry loose is not nailed down.”

Source : David Starr Jordan (1910). “The Call of the Nation: A Plea for Taking Politics Out of Politics”

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