"The climbing of earths heights, in itself, means little. That men and women want and try to climb them means everything. For it is the ultimate wisdom of the mountains that we are never so much human as when we are striving for what is beyond our grasp, and that there is no battle worth the winning save that against our own ignorance and fear."

-- James Ramsey Ullman

#Ignorance Quotes #Mean Quotes #Winning Quotes

“Paradigm is a part of the conditioning of the mind, our conditioning thought patterns”
“I turn sentences around. That's my life. I write a sentence and then I turn it around. Then I look at it and I turn it around again. Then I have lunch. Then I come back in and write another sentence. Then I have tea and turn the new sentence around. Then I read the two sentences over and turn them both around. Then I lie down on my sofa and think. Then I get up and throw them out and start from the beginning.”

Source : "The Ghost Writer". Book by Philip Roth, 1979.
“I've always thought that the most perfect fate which could befall any woman would be to be born a rich widow.”
“Most old people ... are disheartened to be living in the ailing house of their bodies, to be limited physically and economically, to feel an encumbrance to others - guests who didn't have the good manners to leave when the party was over.”
“I get offers all the time from film makers, but they are unknown quantities. I don't go there and do experiments.”
“I'm a murderer, not a rapist.”
“I've been through a lot of stuff.”
“When I was born, my momma pussy had the new car smell.”

Source : "Song 'New Money'". 2009.

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