"It is pleasant to be admitted into the birth-chamber of a great idea destined to be translated into action."

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Source : Augustine Birrell (1922). “The collected essays & addresses of the Rt. Hon. Augustine Birrell, 1880-1920 ...”

Augustine Birrell

#Ideas Quotes #Action Quotes #Birth Quotes

“The only thing I change mainly is my sneakers. I love sneakers. But everything's sort of black or jeans. Jeans, always.”
“I lose all track of time on that level. I used to have a really good sense of time. I didn't need a clock to play, and I had a sense of when five, ten, twenty minutes had passed. Now I can only play with a clock.”
“I don't need the news. If they have a war, I figure someone will tell me.”
“Genius... is the capacity to see ten things where the ordinary man sees one.”

Source : Jefferson and/or Mussolini ch. 23 (1935)
“To work effectively you need uninterrupted blocks of time in which you can complete meaningful work... I've found that a minimum of 90 minutes is ideal for a single block.”
“I have looked to the Steinway piano since I was three, not only as my ideal choice of an instrument. But, as a responsive and ever reliable friend.”
“When you first get money, you buy all these things so no one thinks you're mean, and you spread it around. You get a chauffeur and you find yourself thrown around the back of this car and you think, I was happier when I had my own little car! I could drive myself!”
“We have to heal our wounded world. The chaos, despair, and senseless destruction we see today are a result of the alienation that people feel from each other and their environment.”

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