"The present times require the vigor and the activity of the prime of life; but I feel the increasing infirmities of age to such a degree, that I am conscious I cannot serve you to advantage."

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Source : Christopher Gadsden (1966). “The Writings of Christopher Gadsden, 1746-1805”, Columbia : University of South Carolina Press

Christopher Gadsden

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“I think I was interested in history without knowing it and that became very clear when I arrived in France. Everything that I was really interested in was there, but I knew nothing, no education, no art education, no education beyond high school. It was extremely overwhelming and it still is.”
“Anyone who has lost track of time when using a computer knows the propensity to dream, the urge to make dreams come true and the tendency to miss lunch.”
“My New Year's Eve is always 2 July, the night before my birthday. That's the night I make my resolutions. And this year scares the life out of me, because no matter how successful, how good things appear, there is always a deep core of failure within me, although I am trying to deal with it. My biggest fear, this coming year, is that I will be waking up alone. It makes me wonder how many bodies will be fished out of the Thames, how many decaying corpses will be found in one-room flats. I'm just being realistic.”
“The American revolutionaries believed in the power of the word. But they had only word of mouth and the printing press. We have the Internet.”
“Things are going to happen whether you are there or not, you still need someone to push the button on the camera and get it and know it's going to work of the story.”
“Don't get me started on critics.”
“While human nature largely determines how we hear the notes, it is nurture that lets us hear the music.”

Source : Jonah Lehrer (2008). “Proust Was a Neuroscientist”, p.140, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“Our heart is like a reservoir from which our lives flow.”

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