"Whether in the intellectual pursuits of science or in the mystical pursuits of the spirit, the light beckons ahead, and the purpose surging in our nature responds."

-- Arthur Eddington

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“The design industry is really pathetic.”
“I think I really believed my childish thoughts back then. Using the determination of the poor, the childish thought that I can do it if I tried with all my might. But in reality...I never did get to defeat him. No. I couldn't beat him.”
“If we are to have peace, we must learn loyalty to a larger group. And before we can learn loyalty, the thing to which we are to be loyal must be created.”

Source : Kenneth N. Waltz (2013). “Man, the State, and War: A Theoretical Analysis”, p.69, Columbia University Press
“The truth is supposed to hurt. That's how it lets you know you don't got it.”
“A battle lost or won is easily described, understood, and appreciated, but the moral growth of a great nation requires reflection, as well as observation, to appreciate it.”
“Now let us bandy words no more... nothing is easier than sharp words, except to wish them unspoken.”

Source : R. D. Blackmore (2006). “Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor”, p.151, ReadHowYouWant.com
“The profits follow, and if we have remembered that, they have never failed to appear.”
“My whole thing is not just to play music for people, but to make them part of the evening.”

Source : "Marvin Hamlisch obituary" by Adam Sweeting, www.theguardian.com. August 8, 2012.

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