"I was born the son of a humble mechanic. A quantum mechanic."

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Source : "Lives less ordinary" by Claire Armitstead, www.theguardian.com. February 8, 2008.

Mark Oliver Everett

#Humble Quotes #Son Quotes #Mechanic Quotes

“I feel extraordinarily peaceful when I'm watching the sun set.”
“We sort of expect to see men in women's clothes. It's part of our culture. The key thing is, it has to be done quite badly.”
“Once it is recognized that productive thinking in any area of cognition is perceptual thinking, the central function of art in general education will become evident.”
“But all I feel is impatience, fury for the opposition I anticipate and the lies I'm going to have to tell to make it happen, and frustration that I can't even take a walk without them sending someone to hover. Attack me," she said. "I beg your pardon, Lady Queen?" "You should attack me, and we'll see what he does. He's probably quite bored--it'll be a relief to him." "Mightn't he run me through with his sword?" "Oh." Bitterblue chuckled. "Yes, I suppose he might. That would be a shame." "I'm gratified that you think so," said Giddon dryly.”
“If I like the story and it's well written, and it's a character I want to play and they'll pay me, then I decide to do it.”
“Let me tell you a secret about a father's love,/A secret that my daddy said was just between us.â€/He said, â€œDaddies don't just love their children every now and then./It's a love without end, amen, it's a love without end, amen.”
“NEGRO :; Member of a subgroup of the human race who hails, or whose ancestors hailed, from a chunk of land nicknamed not by its residents Africa. Superior to the Caucasian in that negroes did not invent nuclear weapons, the automobile, Christianity, nerve gas, the concentration camp, military epidemics, or the megalopolis.”

Source : John Brunner (2011). “Stand on Zanzibar”, p.73, Macmillan
“Freedom, baby, is never having to say youre sorry.”

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