"The trouble with you, Vic," he said, "is that you think of the world as a sort of huge museum with too many visitors allowed in."

-- John Banville

#Thinking Quotes #Museums Quotes #World Quotes

“I don't have very eclectic tastes in music.”

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“If the fact that people make poor decisions is reason enough for the government to second-guess their decisions about dangerous activities such as smoking cigarettes and riding motorcycles, why on earth should the government let people make their own choices when it comes to such consequential matters as where to live, how much education to get, whom to marry, whether to have children, which job to take, or what religion to practice?”
“Our economy will not prosper as long as it is monopolised (by the government). The economy must be rid of monopoly and see competition, it must be freed of insider speculation, be transparent, all people must be aware of the statistics. If we can bring transparency to our economy, we can fight corruption.”
“It seems thus possible to give a preliminary definition of walking as a space of enunciation.”
“To make a deliberate falsification for personal gain is the last, worst depth to which either scholar or artist can descend in work or life.”
“For some, time passes slowly. An hour can seem like an eternity. For others, there was never enough. For Jesse Tuck, it didn't exist.”
“I think it would be a mistake for social media companies to try to, on their own, determine or deign what is a fake news story and what isn't and shut it off, or what's a good news organization or a bad news organization. That's a very, very slippery slope.”
“When we awaken to the beauty of nature, the doors to our true self are opened up wide, for divine healing on all levels.”

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