"I learned courage from Buddha, Jesus, Lincoln, Einstein, and Mr. Cary Grant."

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Peggy Lee

#Jesus Quotes #Grants Quotes

“What we assume, what we have never clearly thought out, controls us.”
“I finally figured out that not every crisis can be managed. As much as we want to keep ourselves safe, we can't protect ourselves from everything. If we want to embrace life, we also have to embrace chaos.”
“When we talk about Oscars, it's almost as a symbol of excellence, and the American public and the worldwide public accept that symbol.”

Source : "Harvey Weinstein On Hollywood's Heated Oscar Race". Interview with Steve Inskeep, www.wbaa.org. December 2, 2011.
“It's the stupidest thing of all time, going on tour. It deteriorates the soul, but it's fun.”
“Absolute space, that is to say, the mark to which it would be necessary to refer the earth to know whether it really moves, has no objective existence.... The two propositions: "The earth turns round" and "it is more convenient to suppose the earth turns round" have the same meaning; there is nothing more in the one than in the other.”
“Why had his mother gone to the trouble of bringing him into the world if the most exciting moment in his life was having been made lame by a bayonet?”

Source : Félix J. Palma (2012). “The Map of Time: A Novel”, p.149, Simon and Schuster
“I do wish I could write like some of the American women, who can be clever and heartfelt and hopeful; people like Lorrie Moore and Jennifer Egan. But Ireland messed me up too much, I think, so I can't.”
“A logical theory may be tested by its capacity for dealing with puzzles, and it is a wholesome plan, in thinking about logic, to stock the mind with as many puzzles as possible, since these serve much the same purpose as is served by experiments in physical science.”

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