"Civil servants take forever to do anything."

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Source : Interview with Ann Bruns, www.bookreporter.com. May 17, 2002.

Joseph Wambaugh

#Hippie Quotes #Forever Quotes #Servant Quotes

“We are apt to consider that invention is the result of spontaneous action of some heavenborn genius, whose advent we must patiently wait for, but cannot artificially produce. It is unquestionable, however, that education, legal enactments, and general social conditions have a stupendous influence on the development of the originative faculty present in a nation and determine whether it shall be a fountain of new ideas or become simply a purchaser from others of ready-made inventions.”
“The fricassee with dumplings is made by a Mrs. Miller whose husband has left her four times on account of her disposition and returned four times on account of her cooking...”
“I was lucky to have read a lot of poetry when I was younger; it helped me to remember a way to write.”
“The course of evolution is to a greater integration of similarly functioning ganglia.”

Source : Boris Sidis, Simon Philip Goodhart (1905). “Multiple Personality: An Experimental Investigation Into the Nature of Human Individuality”
“When have you ever heard of a cantor or any artist turning anyone down when he is strongly urged to perform?”
“We are made in the image of God; we carry within us the desire for our true life of intimacy and adventure. To say we want less than that is to lie.”
“Events are moving so fast and what in one moment seems impossible, the next is happening. I'm sure historians will, in time, provide theories and analysis, but for now I think most of us simply want the tide stemmed.”

Source : "Economic bail-out aims to restore confidence for small firms and savers" by Lucy Powell, www.theguardian.com. October 10, 2008.
“Never lose faith in real rock and roll music. Never lose faith in that. You might have to look a little harder, but it's always going to be there.”

Source : "Foo Fighters Win, Defend Rock Music At VMAS" by Eric Ditzian, www.mtv.com. August 28, 2011.

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