"Sophistication is upscale conformity."

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Source : James Richardson (2016). “By the Numbers”, p.45, Copper Canyon Press

James Richardson

#Conformity Quotes #Sophistication Quotes

“The Constitution shall never be construed . . . to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms.”
“Part of life is a quest to find that one essential person who will understand our story. But we choose wrongly so often. Over the ensuing years that person we thought understood us best ends up regarding us with pity, indifference, or active dislike. Those who truly care can be divided into two categories: those who understand us, and those who forgive our worst sins. Rarely do we find someone capable of both.”
“God gave me the gift to be able to play instruments and I have to play.”
“I feel there's a funny little hole in me that wasn't there before, like a splinter in your finger, but this is somewhere above my stomach.”

Source : Louise Fitzhugh (2009). “Harriet the Spy”, p.122, Yearling
“I know some who are constantly drunk on books as other men are drunk on whiskey.”
“Live one day at a time, and never be afraid.”
“Expose every belief to the light of reason, discourse, facts, scientific observations; question everything, be sceptical because this is the only chance at life you will ever get.”
“I'm a good assistant. That's why I don't have an assistant, because I'm so on it that no one can be as on it as me. I know that.”

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