"Pursuit of knowledge under difficulties."

-- Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux

#Knowledge Quotes #Pursuit Quotes #Difficulty Quotes

“Every time I flicked channels, there I was, talking. I was talking too much and writing too little. So Naomi and I went to Hawaii. The phone was cut off and we lost touch. This gave me the chance to have a good think about my life.”
“There is not any way that you can just choose the nice bits and say that means there is a God and ignore the true fact of what nature is.”
“I just try to play make-believe and pretend the world is magical and awesome as much as possible.”

Source : Source: www.esquire.com
“I'm the biggest slob in the world. My apartment is a mess.”

Source : "Style & Substance: Monica Keena". Interview with Farrah Weinstein, nypost.com. September 17, 2000.
“Confining marine animals to tanks and separating them from their families and their natural surroundings, just so people can watch them swim in endless circles, teaches us far more about humans than it does about animals - and the lesson is not a flattering one.”
“I combine aspects of many styles of music and create my own musical forms by way of electronic instruments.”
“Survival prospects are poor for an animal that is not suspicious of novelty.”
“The award of a pure gold medal for poetry would flatter the recipient unduly: no poem ever attains such carat purity.”

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