"In an individual, selfishness uglifies the soul; for the human species, selfishness is extinction."

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Source : "Cloud Atlas". "The Pacific Journal of Adam Ewing", p. 528. Book by David Mitchell, 2004.

David Mitchell

#Soul Quotes #Selfishness Quotes #Extinction Quotes

“I mean in recent years, I think you've only got to sell thirty or forty thousand to get a #1.”
“It must be made possible for the one to live vicariously the life of the many from the beginning.”

Source : John Gneisenau Neihardt (2002). “Knowledge and Opinion: Essays and Literary Criticism of John G. Neihardt”, p.208, U of Nebraska Press
“One of the things that I most believe in is the compose and wait philosophy of photography. Itâ€™s a very satisfying, almost spiritual way to photograph. Life isn'tâ€™ knocking you around, life isn't controlling you. You have picked your place, youâ€™ve picked your scene, youâ€™ve picked your light, youâ€™ve done all the decision making and you are waiting for the moment to come to you.”
“I've liked most of the films that I've been in and those are the kinds of films I like to see.”
“No man can instruct more than half-a-dozen students at once. The whole problem of education is one of its cost in money.”
“He said that in a way being loved is like being told you never have to die.”

Source : Timothy Findley (1986). “The wars”, Penguin Group Canada
“I try to find meaning or value in most things and be as diverse as possible.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“I'm such a contradiction: I eat really healthy, I go to the gym, but then I smoke two or three cigarettes a day, and I smoke other things as well. Overall, I feel really healthy. But sometimes I feel like I'm more sensitive to little things.”

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