"No longer was light analogous to the discharge of a blunderbuss, but rather to the pulsating flight of birds."

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Source : Banesh Hoffmann (1959). “The Strange Story of the Quantum: An Account for the General Reader of the Growth of the Ideas Underlying Our Present Atomic Knowledge”, p.7, Courier Corporation

Banesh Hoffmann

#Light Quotes #Bird Quotes #Flight Quotes

“They say great themes make great novels. but what these young writers don't understand is that there is no greater theme than men and women.”
“But I've been there and done that. I'm not trying to prove anything to anybody, and if somebody wants me to come, if they can afford what I ask, it's not as much as Madonna makes; not that I want what Madonna makes, but I was saying.”
“I've let go of being a super perfectionist on every single note and wanting the pitch to be absolutely perfect all of the time. I grew up watching the best of the best.”

Source : "Solange Knowles On Nas, Juvenile And Dance Moves". Interview with Frannie Kelley, www.wbur.org. February 12, 2014.
“True poetry ought to be secret and clandestine, concealed like a prohibited voice of dissent, while at the same time it should speak to everyone.”

Source : Claudio Magris (2001). “Danube”, Vintage
“We're thanking God. Without him, we wouldn't have made it.”
“The President, in talking about freedom and democracy, is sparking a wave of very positive democratic sentiment that might help us override both Islamic fundamentalism that has formed in that region, and also some of the hatred for our policies of invading Iraq.”
“Then hast our the Red Stone perfect with less labour, expense of time and costs, for the which ever thank God.”

Source : George Ripley (2014). “Liber Secretissumus”, p.3, Volume Edizioni srl
“Performance enhancing drugs are banned in the Olympics. OK, we can swing with that. But performance 'debilitating' drugs should not be banned. Smoke a joint and win the 100 metres, fair play for you. That's pretty good. Unless someone's dangling a Mars bar off in the distance.”

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