"Why do writers, say, give up a job in economics and decide to write poetry? Or, why do they give up a job in a bank and decide to paint, like Krishan Khanna? They want to convey something."

-- Vikram Seth

#Jobs Quotes #Giving Up Quotes #Writing Quotes

“If you would thoroughly know anything, teach it to others.”

Source : Tryon Edwards (2015). “The New Dictionary of Thoughts”, p.717, Ravenio Books
“We have not invaded anyone. We have not conquered anyone. We have not grabbed their land, their culture, their history and tried to enforce our way of life on them.”
“When the soul of a man is born in this country there are nets flown at it to hold it back from flight.”
“God doesn't work for us; we work for God.”
“We feel really blessed to have been asked to come here, and to have the opportunity for our family to be able to look into the eyes of these people, and in some way help.”
“He who, in an enlightened and literary society, aspires to be a great poet, must first become a little child. He must take to pieces the whole web of his mind. He must unlearn much of that knowledge which has perhaps constituted hitherto his chief title to superiority. His very talents will be a hindrance to him.”
“If it is the duty of the State to educate, it is the duty of the State also to bear the burden of education, namely, the taxation out of which education is provided.”
“About 20 percent of the genetic information in your nose doesn't match anything that we've ever seen before.”

Source : "Are Microbes The Next Frontier?". "TED Radio Hour" with Guy Raz, www.npr.org. September 12, 2014.

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