"When the last Puritan has disappeared from the earth, the man of science will take his place as a killjoy, and we shall be given the same old advice but for different reasons."

-- Robert Staughton Lynd

#Men Quotes #Advice Quotes #Earth Quotes

“I teach myself archaeology, I teach myself Spanish, and that's because it can be fun, it can be useful. So I keep studying. I read books because I still want to study. I don't want to stop.”
“Mr. Disney and his staff were constantly scouting for great stories to bring to life on film”
“My self-imposed mandate is to be the voice for the voiceless.”
“The music of Wagner imposes mental tortures that only algebra has the right to inflict.”
“On certain occasions art can shake very ordinary spirits, and whole worlds can be revealed by its clumsiest interpreters.”
“Iâ€™m pleased by anything in myself that strikes me as not myself.”
“Why you were born and why you are living depend entirely on what you are getting out of this world and what you are giving to it. I cannot prove that this is a balance of mathematical perfection, but my own observation of life leads me to the conclusion that there is a very real friendship, both quantitatively and qualitatively, between what you contribute and what you get out of life.”
“In America everyone plays bang ball, eight ball, nine ball, that kind of stupid crap, but in Canada and Europe they play snooker which is a much more skillful game and I enjoy that. I play pool now with friends, if we go to a bar we will play, but I am nowhere near as good as I once was.”

Source : Source: pokerworks.com

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