"I think the social faux par is probably what most people fear... more people fear public speaking than death and that's because we don't want to make a fool of ourselves. It's fundamental."

-- Ricky Gervais

#Thinking Quotes #People Quotes #Fundamentals Quotes

“To me, writing is fun. It doesn't matter what you're writing, as long as you can tell a story.”
“Thank goodness I was never sent to school; it would have rubbed off some of the originality.”

Source : Beatrix Potter (2005). “Beatrix Potter: Artist & Illustrator”, Frederick Warne Publishers
“Everything hurts, every single thing including the weight of him and I'm crying because it hurts and he's telling me he's sorry over and over again, and I figure somewhere down the track we'll work out the right way of doing this but I don't want to let go, because tonight I'm not looking for anything more than being a part of him. Because being a part of him isn't just anything. It's kind of everything.”
“History is man's best guess as to what the past would look like if everything had happened in chronological order.”
“A professor is not one who knows, but one who professes to know, and [thus] is constantly in the position of inviting challenge. . . . He professes publicly where everyone is invited to come and challenge, [and] at any time he must be willing and able to defend it openly against all comers. The degree is originally a chivalric device-a gauntlet of defiance to all rivals-and not a safe rampart or dug-out for a scholar to hide behind in safe immunity from any challenge.”
“Listeners will wonder what an Englishman is doing on the German radio tonight. You can imagine that before taking this step I hoped that someone better qualified than me would come forward.”
“Unlike most major American cities, Honolulu is geographically insulated from the rest of the country. When disaster strikes we cannot call on neighboring states for assistance.”
“Nixon regarded himself as having been cheated by life. He never got my vote.”

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