"Only barbarians are not curious about where they come from, how they came to be where they are, where they appear to be going, whether they wish to go there, and if so, why, and if not, why not."

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Source : Isaiah Berlin (2013). “The Crooked Timber of Humanity: Chapters in the History of Ideas”, p.2, Princeton University Press

Isaiah Berlin

#Thought Provoking Quotes #Curiosity Quotes #Wish Quotes

“One should eat to live, not live to eat.”
“I go to screenings, then plays, then after-parties, then clubs.”

Source : Interview with BWW, www.broadwayworld.com. July 25, 2003.
“You must see yourself run the race over and over, time and time again. You must put yourself in critical positions and see how you would react in those positions before the race so when and if they do happen, the feedback is automatic.”
“Baseball is a public trust. Players turn over, owners turn over and certain commissioners turn over. But baseball goes on.”
“You have to be odd to be number one.”
“One works because I suppose it is the most interesting thing one knows to do. The days one works are the best days. On the other days one is hurrying through the other things one imagines one has to do to keep one's life going.”
“I didn't know where this stuff was coming from - all of a sudden I was a little magickal sprite, bonding with my stone, feeling my earth roots, la la la... All I can is describe the way it felt. And that was how it felt. So sue me. Was I swaying? I felt like I might be swaying.”
“I think that age is a number. Right now I feel good and I'm playing well, so I think that 36 is good.”

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