"Bee stings are very educational"

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Garth Nix

#Educational Quotes #Bees Quotes

“I procrastinate in spades. In my defence, I also try to have all other distractions solved before I can concentrate on writing. My small theory is that to write for three hours, you need to feel like you have three days. To write for three days, you need to feel like you've got three weeks, and so on.”
“Scientists are scientists. They're not really in a position to speak clearly on the moral dimensions, and they're not really comfortable doing that.”

Source : Source: to.pbs.org
“History is filled with examples of men and women who rendered highly effective performance without the conventional badges of accomplishment in terms of certificates, diplomas, or degrees. Diplomas and tests are useful servants, but Congress has mandated the commonsense proposition that they are not to become masters of reality.”

Source : Griggs v. Duke Power Co., 401 U.S. 424, (432), 1971.
“It was evident to him that the world composed and recomposed itself constantly in an endless process of dissatisfaction.”
“Almost all people have this potential for evil, which would be unleashed only under certain dangerous social circumstances.”
“You never want to think the best things are in the past. You want to get yourself to believe that the best things are going to be in the future.”
“I never have people tell me their stories. I usually have to figure them out myself. Because I know that if people tell me stories, they will expect them to be remembered. And I cannot guarantee that. There is no way to know if the stories stay after I'm gone. And how devastating would it be to confide in someone and have the confidence disappear? I don't want to be responsible for that.”
“To achieve the impossible; it is precisely the unthinkable that must be thought.”

Source : "Jitterbug Perfume". Book by Tom Robbins, 1984.

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