"What we call Man's power over Nature turns out to be a power exercised by some men over other men with Nature as its instrument."

-- C. S. Lewis

#Men Quotes #Independence Quotes #Instruments Quotes

“You pick projects for the part, the director, and the script. I just want to do different, interesting stuff.”
“The way that words mutate reminds me of fashions in music. The word--the note--is a constant. But the setting and chord in which it occurs alters with the mood of a nation from major to minor, from the assertive to the mournful and foreboding.”

Source : Neal Ascherson (1988). “Games with Shadows”, Hudson Annex
“Deep down, underneath all his layers of stupidity, heâ€™s a really good man. He may act out far too many selfish thoughts, says all the wrong things at all the wrong times, but behind closed doors heâ€™s a best friend. I understand that he has idiotic tendencies and I can still love him for it. He may not be someone that you feel comfortable sitting next to at a dinner party but for me, heâ€™s someone that I feel comfortable sharing my life with.”
“I have found it easier to identify with the characters who verge upon hysteria, who were frightened of life, who were desperate to reach out to another person. But these seemingly fragile people are the strong people really.”
“It is a pity that there are no big creatures to prey on humanity. If there were enough dragons and rocs, perhaps mankind would turn its might against them. Unfortunately man is preyed upon by microbes, which are too small to be appreciated.”
“Our cells engage in protein production, and many of those proteins are enzymes responsible for the chemistry of life.”
“Lots of my friends and family belong to churches, and some of them are part of the so-called Christian Right. In this preacher, I wanted to show a good man struggling to reconcile his commitment to the community with the political agenda of his church. He does not see that as a dilemma, but I do.”
“The main goal of divine Providence in [allowing] the discovery of these tribes and lands . . . is . . . the conversion and well-being of souls, and to this goal everything temporal must necessarily be subordinated and directed.”

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