"But now the shots began—not many, but one shot is a fusillade if there have been no shots before."

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Source : James Blish (2017). “A Case of Conscience”, p.128, Open Road Media

James Blish

#Shots Quotes #Has Beens Quotes #Ifs Quotes

“I recommend learning how to come into the presence of stillness and vastness. Learn any form of meditation. Spend twenty minutes every day if possible, in meditation, listening to the crazy monkey mind inside you, and learning how to still the thoughts and discover that big, deep soulful part of yourself.”
“God is full of mercy for everyone, as He has been towards you. He is a father before He is a judge.”
“I should esteem it the extreme of imprudence to prolong the precarious state of our national affairs, and to expose the Union to the jeopardy of successive experiments, in the chimerical pursuit of a perfect plan. I never expect to see a perfect work from imperfect man. The result of the deliberations of all collective bodies must necessarily be a compound, as well of the errors and prejudices, as of the good sense and wisdom, of the individuals of whom they are composed.”
“The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the position of others, dissatisfied with our own.]”
“To grasp the full significance of life is the actor's duty, to interpret it is his problem, and to express it his dedication.”
“Opportunity is in the person, not the job.”
“All this technology for connection and what we really only know more about is how anonymous we are in the grand scheme of things.”
“Though I soon became typecast in Hollywood as a gangster and hoodlum, I was originally a dancer, an Irish hoofer, trained in vaudeville tap dance. I always leapt at the opportunity to dance in films later on.”

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