"A smattering of everything is worth little. It is a fallacy to suppose that an encyclopaedic knowledge is desirable. The mind is made strong, not through much learning, but by the thorough possession of something."

-- Louis Agassiz

#Strong Quotes #Knowledge Quotes #Mind Quotes

“I always thought it would be very funny if I was a blind film director.”
“Luxury either comes of riches or makes them necessary; it corrupts at once rich and poor, the rich by possession and the poor by covetousness.”
“People who say that they can't appreciate a great wine generally haven't tasted one”
“Since sorrow follows joy As autumn does the spring Man must transcend the joys Of earth, which sorrows bring.”
“The only certain thing about the future is that it will surprise even those who have seen furthest into it.”

Source : "Staking Out The Globe" by David M. Kennedy, www.nytimes.com. February 21, 1988.
“And I used to go the punk clubs such as a gay club in Poland Street that everyone would go to because it was the only place you could go to looking like that without getting beaten senseless.”
“My mother is a special story. She went through so much to bring us up, four men at home, especially when our country was going through really difficult times.”
“That's the thing about interviews, at some point you're going to change your mind. But it's there forever and you can't escape it.”

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