"whatever our ignorance left to itself, and whatever the wounds that other human beings are, we ought to study ourselves with a sort of devotion."

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Source : Henri Barbusse (2009). “The Inferno”, p.236, The Floating Press

Henri Barbusse

#Ignorance Quotes #Study Quotes #Devotion Quotes

“I used to think that I wouldn't change anything from my past, because doing so would inevitably affect who I am now. But considering my current state, I'm thinking it might not be a bad idea to go back in time to fix things.”

Source : Megan McCafferty (2010). “The Complete Jessica Darling Series: Sloppy Firsts, Second Helpings, Charmed Thirds, Fourth Comings, Perfect Fifths”, p.1194, Crown
“It's a process and it's a matter of understanding the horse and through any of these little projects you have a beginning, a middle and an end. And if you made up your mind early when he's still scared, you'd think that wasn't working at all. Sometimes it might get darker, before it gets dawn. You might have to work at it a little bit in order for it to come out the other side.”
“She haunted him, as an ungenerous action haunts one.”
“I can tell you this: I'm an extremely passionate individual. I try to be careful how I display it because you never know how people are going to take it.”
“I always approach comedy roles pretending they aren't funny”
“Pop music is a difficult term to define. I think about good music and bad music. Good music is good music whatever origin it comes from.”
“A type of revolutionary novelty may be extremely beautiful in itself; but, for the creatures of habit that we are, its very novelty tends to make it illegible, at any rate to begin with.”
“To photograph reality is to photograph nothing.”

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