"What if The Odyssey has no more validity or authenticity than one of the other stories that you hear Odysseus telling? Whoever created The Odyssey was incredibly hip to stuff that we think, in our post-modernist, post-structuralist era, we're uncovering for the first time; but we aren't."

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Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

Daniel Mendelsohn

#Thinking Quotes #What If Quotes #Odyssey Quotes

“Sauces comprise the honor and glory of French cookery. They have contributed to its superiority, or pre-eminence, which is disputed by none. Sauces are the orchestration and accompaniment of a fine meal, and enable a good chef or cook to demonstrate his talent.”
“Earthly greatness is a nice thing, and requires so much chariness in the managing, as the contentment of it cannot requite.”
“Every failure is a step to success.”

Source : William Whewell (1852). “Lectures on the History of Moral Philosophy in England”, p.101, London : J.W. Parker ; Cambridge : J. Deighton
“I was really good at being a bad guy.”
“I realise how important it is to use the time I have. I respect people who want to do that by watching television. I happen to want to read books. But I know I can't read all the books or watch all the movies in one lifetime.”
“I'm attracted to roles where I don't have to wear makeup.”
“I want to put a soul in a garment. I don't want my clothes to be perfect, because human beings are not perfect.”
“Homeric mind is ingenuity, practical intelligence. There is no Rodin-like deep thinking, no mathematical or philosophical speculation. Odysseus thinks with his hands.”

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