"The common, the quotidian, is so much more unyielding to me, really stubborn and hard to work with, and I like this because it makes me think and it makes me worry. I can't just plunge my hand into the meat of it. I need new approaches."

-- Ben Marcus

#Thinking Quotes #Hands Quotes #Worry Quotes

“I must be mad, or very tired, When the curve of a blue bay beyond a railroad track Is shrill and sweet to me like the sudden springing of a tune, And the sight of a white church above thin trees in a city square Amazes my eyes as though it were the Parthenon.”
“This special feeling towards fruit, its glory and abundance, is I would say universal.... We respond to strawberry fields or cherry orchards with a delight that a cabbage patch or even an elegant vegetable garden cannot provoke.”

Source : Jane Grigson (2007). “Jane Grigson's Fruit Book”, p.27, U of Nebraska Press
“I always found the appeal to the market gods a bit odd. Why would the market fix mistakes instead of aggravating them?”
“The only thing I really like doing during the week is getting ready to play the game.”
“If you speak up online and your ideas have currency, people are going to show up and want to connect with you. What we need more of are people with the guts and emotional labour to do this. The greatest shortage in today's society is an instinct to produce.”
“When Paris Hilton can top the bestsellers' lists, we are one more Connect Four move closer to Armageddon.”
“We believe in the Three Rs - reducing the consumption of meat and other animal-based foods; refining the diet by eating products only from methods of production, transport, and slaughter that minimize pain and distress; and replacing meat and other animal-based foods in the diet with plant-based foods.”
“An isolationist America is no bloody use to anyone.”

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