"The real character of a man is found out by his amusements...."

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Joshua Reynolds

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“A high-school girl, seated next to a famous astronomer at a dinner party, struck up a conversation with him by asking: "What do you do for a living?" "I study astronomy," he replied. "Really? said the teenager, wide-eyed. "I finished astronomy last year."”
“There is less danger in fearing too much than too little.”

Source : Cited in U.S. News and World Report (27 January 2003)
“Women are the simple, and poets the superior, artisans of language... the intervention of grammarians is almost always bad.”
“It would be very glamorous to be reincarnated as a great big ring on Liz Taylor's finger.”
“The transformation of the world is brought about by the transformation of oneself.”
“For all that being a parent is normal statistically, it's not normal psychologically. It produces some of the most extreme emotions you'll ever have.”

Source : "Frog Music review - Emma Donoghue's sophisticated whodunnit" by Alex Preston, www.theguardian.com. March 30, 2014.
“At no time am I a quick thinker or writer: whatever I have done in science has solely been by long pondering, patience and industry.”
“If a pagan asks you to show him your faith, take him into church and place him before the icons.”

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