"The only thing that we can really make is our work, and deliberate work of the mind, imagination and hand, done, as Nietzsche said, â€˜notwithstanding,â€™ in the long run remakes the world."

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Source : Edmund Wilson, Lewis M. Dabney (1983). “The portable Edmund Wilson”, Viking Adult

Edmund Wilson

#Running Quotes #Hands Quotes #Long Quotes

“Thanks to the redundancy of language, yxx cxn xndxrstxnd whxt x xm wrxtxng xvxn xf x rxplxcx xll thx vxwxls wxth xn "x" (t gts lttl hrdr f y dn't vn kn whr th vwls r)”

Source : Steven Pinker (1994). “The Language Instinct”, William Morrow & Company
“Watch with awe and amazement at how quickly an engineer will become totally annoyed by inefficiency.”
“The small things of life were often so much bigger than the great things . . . the trivial pleasure like cooking, one's home, little poems especially sad ones, solitary walks, funny things seen and overheard.”

Source : Barbara Pym (1982). “Less than angels”, HarperCollins Publishers
“A certain traveler who knew many continents was asked what he found most remarkable of all. He replied: the ubiquity of sparrows.”
“Most fishermen swiftly learn that it's a pretty good rule never to show a favorite spot to any fisherman you wouldn't trust with your wife.”
“The twist makes it a no-floater summer!”

Source : Twitter post from Jun 12, 2013
“Medical debts are the number-one cause of bankruptcy in America.”
“Iran is part of the problem, not the solution. And the Russian government is ignoring reality.”

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