"Realism sets itself at work to consider characters and events which are apparently the most ordinary and uninteresting, in order to extract from these their full value and true meaning. It would apprehend in all particulars the connection between the familiar and the extraordinary, and the seen and unseen of human nature."

-- George Parsons Lathrop

#Character Quotes #Order Quotes #Unseen Quotes

“I'm probably one of my three biggest fans on the planet.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“Three thousand jurisdictions across the U.S. are estimated to have had gang activity in 2001. In 2002, 32% of cities with a population of 25 to 50 thousand reported a gang-related homicide.”
“The fact is, I need God to help me love God. And if I need His help to love Him, a perfect being, I definitely need His help to love other, fault-filled humans.”
“There is one other reason for dressing well, namely that dogs respect it, and will not attack you in good clothes.”
“You can neither lie to a neighbourhood park, nor reason with it. 'Artist's conceptions' and persuasive renderings can put pictures of life into proposed neighbourhood parks or park malls, and verbal rationalizations can conjure up users who ought to appreciate them, but in real life only diverse surroundings have the practical power of inducing a natural, continuing flow of life and use.”
“When we rely upon organization, we get what organization can do; when we rely upon education, we get what education can do; when we rely upon eloquence, we get what eloquence can do. And so on. But when we rely upon prayer, we get what God can do.”
“I liked to work in a shop down in the basement and invent things and build gadgets.”
“When you don't have to ask for permission innovation thrives.”

Source : Steven Johnson (2010). “Where Good Ideas Come From”, p.131, Penguin

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