"Never try to do anything artistic when you're feeling something overwhelming. It's like driving a car: If you're experiencing road rage, pull over."

-- Stephin Merritt

#Car Quotes #Feelings Quotes #Trying Quotes

“Radicals, on the other hand, want to advance from the jungle of laissez-faire capitalism to a world worthy of the name of human civilization. They hope for a future where the means of economic production will be owned by all of the people instead of just a comparative handful. They feel that this minority control of production facilities is injurious to the large masses of people not only because of economic monopolies but because the political power inherent in this form of centralized economy does not augur for an ever expanding democratic way of life.”
“I go to great lengths to make certain situations feel right to the reader.”
“Discovery is exciting, no matter how big or small or close or distant....”

Source : Mike Brown (2010). “How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming”, p.102, Spiegel & Grau
“Charity, by which God and neighbor are loved, is the most perfect friendship.”
“I'm born to do music. I'm born to act. I'm born to dance and all of these things, and I will be respected.”
“In the frantic search for an elusive 'cure,' few researchers stand back and ask a very basic question: why does cancer exist? What is its place in the grand story of life?”
“One man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bona fide stupidity, there ain't nothin' can beat teamwork.”
“Law may prescribe that the male nipples be made equal to the female ones, but they still will not give milk.”

Source : Allan Bloom (2008). “Closing of the American Mind”, p.131, Simon and Schuster

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