"There is a difference between knowing what is true and knowing why it is true"

-- Edward Witten

#Differences Quotes #Knowing Quotes

“People, when they first come to America, whether as travelers or settlers, become aware of a new and agreeable feeling: that the whole country is their oyster.”
“...Rose of all Roses, Rose of all the World! You, too, have come where the dim tides are hurled Upon the wharves of sorrow, and heard ring The bell that calls us on; the sweet far thing. Beauty grown sad with its eternity Made you of us, and of the dim grey sea. Our long ships loose thought-woven sails and wait, For God has bid them share an equal fate; And when at last defeated in His wars, They have gone down under the same white stars, We shall no longer hear the little cry Of our sad hearts, that may not live nor die.”
“These are lies, there is not a word of truth in them.”
“A daydreamer is prepared for most things.”
“I broke my nose and got a concussion when I was 13.”
“From time to time historians need to be shocked.”
“It feels good. Kinda like when you have to shut your computer down, just sometimes when it goes crazy, you just shut it down and when you turn it on, it's okay again. That's what meditation is to me.”
“I'd always felt a man should marry later in life”

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