"I read about writers' lives with the fascination of one slowing down to get a good look at an automobile accident."

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Source : 1990 In the NewYork Times, 7 Jan.

Kaye Gibbons

#Fascination Quotes #Looks Quotes #Looking Good Quotes

“We are well aware of the task ahead of us in what will be a very difficult match but which we all dream of playing.”
“When every fact, every present or past phenomenon of that universe, every phase of present or past life therein, has been examined, classified, and co-ordinated with the rest, then the mission of science will be completed. What is this but saying that the task of science can never end till man ceases to be, till history is no longer made, and development itself ceases?”

Source : Karl Pearson (1892). “The Grammar of Science”
“A simple way to determine whether the right to dissent in a particular society is being upheld is to apply the town square test: Can a person walk into the middle of the town square and express his or her views without fear of arrest, imprisonment, or physical harm? If he can, then that person is living in a free society. If not, it's a fear society.”

Source : Natan Sharansky, Ron Dermer (2009). “The Case For Democracy: The Power of Freedom to Overcome Tyranny and Terror”, p.48, PublicAffairs
“What is the moral? Who rides may read.”
“Certainly the life of a dancer is very difficult. The training is very hard and relentlessly grueling.”
“I don't combine proteins and carbohydrates.”
“If killing yourself is not an option anymore, you have to sink into the darkness instead, and make something out of it.”
“C.M. Punk...I think you're a nerd”

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