"The things that matter don't necessarily make sense."

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Source : Russell Hoban (2012). “The Turtle Diary”, p.148, A&C Black

Russell Hoban

#Matter Quotes #Things That Matter Quotes #Make Sense Quotes

“Insight into universal nature provides an intellectual delight and sense of freedom that no blows of fate and no evil can destroy.”
“He who has seen present things has seen all, both everything which has taken place from all eternity and everything which will be for time without end; for all things are of one kin and of one form.”
“The slow, the never ending approach to truth consists in perpetually forming and testing hypotheses, accepting those at which at the time seem to fit the facts and rejecting the others.”

Source : "The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion". Book by James G. Frazer, 1890.
“Any allegation of runaway capitalism has to be tempered by the observation that today we have the largest public sectors and the highest taxes the world has ever known.”
“No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.”
“Once you take your foot off the gas, your life will elevate.”
“I don't feel I was ever a 'famous' child actor. I was just a working actor who happened to be a kid. I was never really in a hit show until I was a teenager with West Wing playing First Daughter Zoey Bartlet. In a way, that was my saving grace - not being a star on a hit show. It kept me working and kept me grounded.”

Source : Interview with John Scott Lewinski, www.askmen.com.
“The most important point is to accept yourself and stand on your two feet.”

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