"Happiness is fugitive; dissatisfaction and boredom are real."

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Source : "Emphyrio" by Jack Vance, (Chapter 5), 1969.

Jack Vance

#Real Quotes #Boredom Quotes #Fugitive Quotes

“You don't have to be musician to listen to music, and you don't have to be a filmmaker to go to the cinema, but somehow when we think of science, we think of it only as an academic discipline.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“I am not confident around people. Maybe, I have become slightly more confident over the years because of my profession.”
“Introvert conversations are like jazz. Each player gets to solo for a nice stretch before the other player comes in and does his solo.”
“The only thing that differentiates you and me from a couple of fourteen year old pyromaniacs is balistic glass!”
“Is Medicare socialism? You want to get rid of Medicare. And a lot of the people against health care do. I want to preserve it and grow it.”

Source : "Rep. Weiner Says Medicare Is Holding Down Costs Better Than Private Plans". "Your World With Neil Cavuto" with Stuart Varney, www.foxnews.com. November 24, 2009.
“Revolution is something that actually starts in individual hearts.”
“Shrimps ought to stay small and curled up in their cocktail sauce, if you ask me.”
“Spirituality is no different from what weve been doing for two thousand years just by going to church and receiving the sacraments, being baptized, learning to pray, and reading Scriptures rightly. Its just ordinary stuff.”

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