"Having been in the newspaper business for a long, long time, I often wonder, Why do we actually need to know about something like a bus crash in Bangladesh that has no effect on us at all? That can be nothing other than voyeurism."

-- Simon Winchester

#Long Quotes #Needs Quotes #Wonder Quotes

“Everything good that happened to me happened by accident.”
“But of all other stupendous inventions, what sublimity of mind must have been his who conceived how to communicate his most secret thoughts to any other person, though very far distant either in time or place? And with no greater difficulty than the various arrangement of two dozen little signs upon paper? Let this be the seal of all the admirable inventions of man.”
“As someone who has had cancer, I learned that you don't have to die. Look at me. Because of early detection, I'm fine. I'm cured. I'm well.”

Source : M.J. Ryan (2009). “Attitudes of Gratitude, 10th Anniversary Edition: How to Give and Receive Joy Every Day of Your Life”, p.26, Conari Press
“It is costly wisdom that is brought by experience.”
“Don't tell readers what to think. Let the action speak for itself.”

Source : Paula McLain (2012). “The Paris Wife (Random House Reader's Circle Deluxe Reading Group Edition): A Novel”, p.109, Ballantine Books
“NASA is moving the space program to Starkville because it has no atmosphere.”
“It's not what you paint. It's how you paint it. You don't have to paint elaborate things. Paint simple things as beautifully as you can.”
“Good taste has everything to do with being cultured and being refined, and if art has to do with anything, it has to do with being human.”

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