"I have really been fortunate, incredibly privileged, to have done so much editorial work, and I would love to do more. But just as my editions have tried to balance the familiar with the new, the commercial with the scholarly, so too I have to admit that I don't want to do editing for the sake of it, and some possible projects would be of uncertain value to me."

-- Oliver Harris

#Editing Quotes #Balance Quotes #Would Be Quotes

“I try to be self-disciplined with my thoughts. It's our thoughts that matter most, and all the rest falls into line behind that: if I remember who I really am and why I'm on the earth, then I more naturally want to treat my body like a temple and so forth.”
“The world is the best of all possible worlds, and everything in it is a necessary evil.”

Source : 'Appearance and Reality' (1893) preface (on optimism)
“My goal is to satisfy the hunger and longing for those who are seeking the truth.”
“When Dawn looked at Vic, she saw Vic exactly as he wanted to be seen. Whereas Vic's parents couldn't help seeing who he used to be, and so many friends and strangers couldn't help seeing who he didn't want to be anymore, Dawn only saw him. Call it a blur if you want, but Dawn didn't see a blur. She saw a very distinct, very clear person.”
“When you love something, whether it's jam and cheese sandwiches or wearing your pyjamas as pants, you forget that it was ever anything other than commonplace.”
“What bothers me most about today is that we're getting used 2 it. ENOUGH. 2nd amendment must go. Violence has 2 stop. Culture MUST change.”

Source : "Experts: Celebrities using Boston marathon bombings to push gun control are confused" By Hollie McKay, www.foxnews.com. April 23, 2013.
“We are part of a great whole. All living things are our brothers and sisters.”

Source : Kenneth Clark (2015). “Civilisation”, p.220, Hachette UK
“How great are the dangers I face to win a good name in Athens.”

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