"Interstate highways dull the reality of place and distance almost as effectively as jetliners do: I loathe their scary monotony."

-- Jonathan Raban

#Distance Quotes #Reality Quotes #Scary Quotes

“When there is a voice in a piece of music, we tend to focus on the voice. That is probably something from when we were babies and we depended on hearing our mother's voice.”
“In ourselves we harbor the intuition of another evolution, of other possibilities of life.”
“The policy of seeking values from human beings by means of force, when practiced by an individual, is called crime. When practiced by a government, it is called statism ...”
“Liberty is the possibility of doubting, the possibility of making a mistake, the possibility of searching and experimenting, the possibility of saying No to any authority - literary, artistic, philosophic, religious, social and even political.”
“Poetical taste is the only magician whose wand is not broken. No hand, except its own, can dissolve the fabric of beauty in which it dwells. Genii, unknown to Arabian fable, wait at the portal. Whatever is most precious from the loom or the mine of fancy is poured at its feet. Love, purified by contemplation, visits and cheers it; unseen musicians are heard in the dark; it is Psyche in the palace of Cupid.”
“Airplane travel is nature's way of making you look like your passport photo.”
“I'm focused now, definitely. I absolutely need to show everyone that I'm powerful and strong and can be graceful and artistic, too.”
“Don't tell me you can pitch...pitch. Don't tell me you can sell...sell.”

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