"a technician who uses the term â€œglitchâ€ is like a Doctor who tells you youâ€™re suffering from a â€œthingy,â€ except the doctor wonâ€™t tell you to go home and try turning yourself on and off again."

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Source : John Connolly (2009). “The Gates: A Samuel Johnson Tale”, p.21, Simon and Schuster

John Connolly

#Home Quotes #Doctors Quotes #Suffering Quotes

“Gardening is a labour full of tranquility and satisfaction; natural and instructive, and as such contributes to the most serious contemplation, experience, health and longevity.”

Source : John Evelyn (1729). “Silva: or, a discourse of forest-trees, and the propagation of timber in His Majesty's dominions”
“Even if the song meant a lot to me, I would still probably perform it live.”
“Progress never defines its ultimate objective but thrusts its victims at once into an infinite series,' Mr. [John Crowe] Ransom said' 'Industrialism,' he declared, 'is rightfully a menial, of almost miraculous cunning, but no intelligence; it needs to be strongly governed, or it will destroy the economy of the household. Only a community of tough conservative habit can master it.”
“Not interested. I didn't try very hard. I went to boarding school on a sports' scholarship after I bowled a cricket ball into my old headmaster's leg. He said, 'Christ, that was accurate,' and got it for me. But I walked out at 16.”
“Smiles come best from those who weep.”
“If he [Toshack] thinks there is lots of young Welsh talent coming through, then good luck to him.”
“Each environment has its own signature. Sound tells a story: You make choices about what you're hearing, where to look, how you want to feel about what's going on.”
“There are some people that the press like to pick on and not just the gay press, but the press in general. And some people, the press just doesn't care about at all”

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