"The truth is, of course, that history is not completed in modern commerce any more than philosophy is perfected in political economy. In other words, there is nothing timeless or God-given about filling stations and penicillin and plastic bags."

-- James Buchan

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“Brancusi made me realise that what I had learned previously - the quick ways of doing things - was all wrong. It is a search you have to enter - into yourself.”
“But at a time when our discourse has become so sharply polarized - at a time when we are far too eager to lay the blame for all that ails the world at the feet of those who think differently than we do - it's important for us to pause for a moment and make sure that we are talking with each other in a way that heals, not a way that wounds.”
“It is never too late or too soon. It is when it is supposed to be.”
“Make all your friends feel there is something in them.”
“In the history of art there are periods when bread seems so beautiful that it nearly gets into museums.”
“But I was, and still am, an avid reader and so when I first started I chose to photograph many of the great writers in this country to try and earn a living.”
“I never know why self-sacrifice is noble. Why is it better to sacrifice oneself than someone else?”

Source : Ivy Compton-Burnett (2012). “Mother and Son”, p.111, A&C Black
“I know what I have to do if I want to lose weight and stay healthy: eat a proper diet and exercise. All I've got to do is apply it.”

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