"My concern is how we learn to be genuine human beings."

-- Lloyd Alexander

#Genuine Quotes #Being True Quotes #Concern Quotes

“I'm as proud of what we don't do as I am of what we do.”
“In the beginning I pushed toward perfection, but it takes time to get to certain places.”
“People speak of the fear of the blank canvas as though it is a temporary hesitation, a trembling moment of self-doubt. For me it was more like being abducted from my bed by a clown, thrust into a circus arena with a wicker chair, and told to tame a pissed-off lion in front of an expectant crowd.”

Source : Hannah Kent (2013). “Burial Rites”, p.234, Pan Macmillan
“Conventional people are roused to fury by departure from convention, largely because they regard such departure as a criticism of themselves.”
“Science is, on the whole, an informal activity, a life of shirt sleeves and coffee served in beakers.”

Source : George Porter's Speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, www.nobelprize.org. December 10, 1967.
“When two partners always agree, one of them aint necessary.”
“With songs I almost see the images, see the action, and then all I have to do is describe it. It's almost like watching a scene from a film, and that's what I go about trying to catch in a song.”
“I have frequently seen people become neurotic when they content themselves with inadequate or wrong answers to the questions of life.”

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