"I found out about reviews early on. They're mostly written by sad men on bad afternoons. That's probably why I'm less angry than some writers, who are so narcissistic they consider every line of every review, even a thoughtful one, as major treason."

-- Barry Hannah

#Men Quotes #Thoughtful Quotes #Narcissistic Quotes

“Going against the tide has never been difficult for me. It wasn't even a conscious decision but the natural consequence of following my own instinct.”

Source : "Achieving The Impossible". Book by Lewis Gordon Pugh, 2010.
“Conscience is but a word that cowards use, devised at first to keep the strong in awe”
“The man who would emancipate art from discipline and reason is trying to elude rationality, not merely in art, but in all existence.”
“I gave her my heart but she wanted my soul...”
“In the past, it was only in science fiction novels that you could read about ordinary people being able to go to space... But you laid the foundation for space tourism.”

Source : " Tourist finds 'paradise' in space", www.cnn.com. May 6, 2001.
“When I was in high school, I was really into string theory and superstring theory and read 'Scientific American.' It's fascinating.”
“Public opinion is the worst of all opinions.”
“This is the hardest thing to articulate: I think that there is a legitimate space for sexual commerce. And like every other industry, particularly the service industry, the workers are getting the short end of the stick. Are there some industries that just shouldn't exist? Yes. But I don't think the sex industry is one of them. As it currently operates it's not damaging, necessarily, but it might itself be damaged. It's busted.”

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