"If time is a staircase, reality is a Slinky."

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Source : "The Iron Law of Stardom" by Louis Menand, www.newyorker.com. March 24, 1997.

Louis Menand

#Reality Quotes #Slinkies Quotes #Staircases Quotes

“I think the first time I realised Downton Abbey was a hit was when I was sitting in a tea shop in New York and the couple next to me were talking about Downton Abbey, and then they recognised me.”
“We ought to be able to persuade on opposite sides of a question; as also we ought in the case of arguing by syllogism: not that we should practice both, for it is not right to persuade to what is bad; but in order that the bearing of the case may not escape us, and that when another makes an unfair use of these reasonings, we may be able to solve them.”
“Steve Kerr, now coaching Golden State after eight tumultuous and very inconsistent years at TNT.”
“As a moviemaker, I'm able to have a little impact on the socio-political landscape and to reach a large audience around the world. That inspires me. That is something I'm inspired by and it's what I inspire to.”
“I have written a raucous valentine to a poet's dream and agony.”
“Science is the one human activity that is totally progressive.”

Source : "The Realm of the Nebulae". Book by Edwin Powell Hubble, 1936.
“A successful surgeon should be a man who, when asked to name the three best surgeons in the world, would have difficulty deciding on the other two.”
“I don't know if there is a gene for comedy, but my dad was a very funny man. He just didn't know it. He was a naturally funny character, and when my brother and I would laugh at things he said and did, he would say, 'What do you think is so funny?”

Source : "The Belushis: Funny is in their bones" by Rick Kogan, articles.chicagotribune.com. October 26, 2012.

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