"Adults always wonder what to say and how to say it when they're talking to a child. You want to be wise, but all you are is a child yourself in a larger body. Nothing is ever what it seems. The things that you think you know are never certain. I know that now. I wish that I didn't, but I do."

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Source : Robert Crais (2003). “The Last Detective: A Novel”, p.20, Doubleday

Robert Crais

#Wise Quotes #Children Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“It is hard to see how one could begin to develop a quantum-theoretical description of brain action when one might well have to regard the brain as "observing itself" all the time!”

Source : Roger Penrose (2016). “The Emperor's New Mind: Concerning Computers, Minds, and the Laws of Physics”, p.821, Oxford University Press
“I really enjoy touring period! I had another band called Killing Machine, we went out on tour which was only fifteen shows & we went out in a really old motor home. That had to be the most fun. I didn't have to do radio at nine in the morning everyday. It was me & a bunch of friends. The singer was my tattoo artist. My girlfriend would fly in & we would sleep in a hammock above the bed the band were sleeping in [laughs]. I like that stuff that's really fun, I like the camping experience.”
“Wishes are thoughts vibrant with life and eager for action.”
“To Americans Boris Vian has long been one of the hidden glories of French literature. In I Spit on Your Graves, he wrote an utterly untypical work, a blast from his Id that may well have killed him. Even now, with misogyny disguised as racial justice, its venom remains potent and disturbing, in equal parts appalling and riveting. It is a singular book, not for the squeamish, and not to be passed by.”
“It is as painful perhaps to be awakened from a vision as to be born.”
“That was like the best start I could've had, the best way I could've started in the music scene. I owe [Jack Johnson] a lot for the beginning of my career and setting me off on the right path, and that's the coolest thing that ever could've happened.”

Source : "INTERVIEW: Donavon Frankenreiter On How Jack Johnson Jumpstarted His Career, His East End Return And More". Interview with Ali Friedlander, www.hamptons.com.
“> CracKing: No need to yell. > FtLouie: Iâ€™m not yelling!!! > CracKing: Youâ€™re using excessive amounts of punctuation, and on-line, thatâ€™s like yelling.”
“The show is in the casting. Choose the right people.”

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