"An impractical man--which he not only seems to be, but really is--will always be unreliable and unpredictable in his dealings with others. He will engage in actions that mean something else to him than to others, but he is at peace with himself about everything as long as he can make it all come together in a fine idea."

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Robert Musil

#Mean Quotes #Men Quotes #Ideas Quotes

“Because I was flat out wrong I'm on my knees Begging that you Will forgive me, please”
“Surely a woman who picked a spot so close to the ocean didn't automatically hide from the rain.”

Source : Eileen Wilks (2004). “Tempting Danger”, p.139, Penguin
“Full many wanton babes have I, Which must be stilled with lullaby.”

Source : George Gascoigne, Roger Pooley (1982). “The green knight: selected poetry and prose”, Carcanet Pr
“I created 'Dinner: Impossible' with a guy named Bryan O'Reilly and I shot the pilot as a 30 minute show and we sold it.”
“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.”
“Very, very slowly, the dwarf remnants of what was once our mighty sun will cool and dim, until it embarks on its final metamorphosis, gradually solidifying into a crystal of extraordinary rigidity. Eventually it will fade out completely, merging quietly into the blackness of space.”
“People who lose their parents when young are permanently in love with them.”
“Making rich people richer doesn't make the rest of us richer.”

Source : "23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism". Book by Ha-Joon Chang, 2010.

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