"It is not by delusion, however exalted, that mankind can prosper, but only by unswerving courage in the pursuit of truth."

-- Bertrand Russell

#Pursuit Quotes #Mankind Quotes #Delusion Quotes

“Rocky is a poor Italian boy from a poor Italian family, and he appreciates the buck more than almost anybody. He's only got two halfway decent purses so far, and it was like a tiger tasting blood”
“It is the task of the scenarist to invent little pieces of business that are so characteristic and give so deep an insight into his creatures, that their personalities clearly and organically unfold before the eyes of the audience so that the latter feel that the actions of these people are contingent upon their characters, that there exists some kind of a logical fate, and that nothing is left to mere accident or coincidence.”
“Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.”
“Like all of us sinners, General Betrishchev was endowed with many virtues and many defects. Both the one and the other were scattered through him in a sort of picturesque disorder. Self-sacrifice, magnanimity in decisive moments, courage, intelligence--and with all that, a generous mixture of self-love, ambition, vanity, petty personal ticklishness, and a good many of those things which a man simply cannot do without.”
“Good wine is a good familiar creature if it be well used.”
“I object to a legal approach when settling questions of science or scientific behavior.”

Source : Serge Lang (2012). “Challenges”, p.288, Springer Science & Business Media
“I wonder what all those Chinese poets sound like in Chinese. I like their distilled quality.”
“You are an exceptional, talented, and brilliant young woman. Do not ever let anyone make you feel like youâ€™re less. Do not ever let anyone make you feel invisible. Do not let anyoneâ€”not even a teacher who constantly sends you for coffeeâ€”push you around.”

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