"The right understanding of any matter and a misunderstanding of the same matter do not wholly exclude each other."

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Franz Kafka

#Understanding Quotes #Matter Quotes #Misunderstanding Quotes

“Venice was always one step removed from what was going on. If you were in Turin or in Milan or one of the industrial centers, you would have had a much more active political constituency. Venice essentially lived for itself.”
“But no earthly foot can step between a man and his destiny.”

Source : Owen Wister (2009). “The Virginian (Cortero Pantheon Edition)”, p.328, Fireship Press
“I have to be very careful about how often I drag my family to places. They need some stability in their lives.”
“No man is a hypocrite in his pleasures.”
“I had a snowboarding accident. I fell off a horse. I've had a concussion, a fractured rib... I walk into walls. I'm always bruised up.”
“I've got a new invention. It's a revolving bowl for tired goldfish.”
“I usually leave Reykavik for two to three weeks to go to the South Coast of Iceland where I have a small fisherman's hut from the beginning of the last century. That's where I sit down and do the actual writing. I might write for 16 hours a day or something. That's how it happens.”

Source : Source: wwd.com
“It is admirably remarked, by a most excellent writer, that zeal can no more hurry a man to act in direct opposition to itself than a rapid stream can carry a boat against its own current.”

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