"Though I had success in my research both when I was mad and when I was not, eventually I felt that my work would be better respected if I thought and acted like a 'normal' person."

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Source : "Quantum Phaith" by Jeffrey Strickland, (p. 197), 2011.

John Forbes Nash

#Mad Quotes #Would Be Quotes #Research Quotes

“You can imagine the kind of dinner parties I had to go to at a young age... pretty dull.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“It is hard news that catches readers. Features hold them.”
“youth has everything - everything but experience and tolerance.”
“I've always found paintings of nudes depressing because they can't compete with photographs. The grainiest photograph of some girl, a blurry Polaroid - you'd rather look at that than the Venus de Milo, because you think, Wow, that's really somebody... This camera really was in front of this real naked lady.”
“Yes, I was correctly quoted in saying I introduced sex into films in the 20's, but it was sex in good taste and left a great deal to one's imagination.”
“I will never hurt you. I will always help you. If you are hungry Ill give you my food. If you are frightened I am your friend. I love you now. And love does not end.”
“All that grave weight of America Cancelled! Like Greece and Rome. The future in ruins!”

Source : Louis Simpson (2003). “The Owner of the House: New Collected Poems, 1940-2001”, p.196, BOA Editions, Ltd.
“I've always loved to sing with somewhat vague lyrics so people can have their own interpretation and find their own meaning with it. I've become a bit more comfortable speaking about personal matters within the lyrics, but at the same time, there is an element where I'm not always sure how far I want to take it. There are certain topics that I'm discussing that I haven't explicitly explained to my bandmates. That's just for me to know, and I'm not going to talk about it anywhere.”

Source : "How Grizzly Bear created their most accessible album to date". Interview with Robin Pecknold, www.interviewmagazine.com. August 24, 2017.

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