"No man living in a world as interesting as this ever writes a book if he can help it."

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Source : Gerald Stanley Lee (1913). “Crowds: A Study of the Genius of Democracy and of the Fears, Desires, and Expectations of the People”

Gerald Stanley Lee

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“There's a Celtic saying, "Many a time a man's mouth broke his nose."”
“The universe is like a river. The river keeps on flowing. It doesn't care whether you are happy or sad, good or bad; it just keeps flowing. Some people go down to the river and they cry. Some people go down to the river and they are happy, but the river doesn't care; it just keeps flowing. We can use it and enjoy it, or we can jump in and drown. The river just keeps flowing because it is impersonal, and so it is with the universe. The universe that we live in can support us or destroy us. It's our interpretation and use of the laws that determine our effects or results.”
“I sometimes suspect that half our difficulties are imaginary and that if we kept quiet about them they would disappear.”
“I fished upstream coming ever closer and closer to the narrow staircase of the canyon. Then I went up into it as if I were entering a department store. I caught three trout in the lost and found department.”
“I have control issues. For sure, no question.”
“When I think I canâ€™t go anymore, I go anyway.”
“I suppose some people find their voice later than others, but it's interesting to look back at really early work to see that there's some kernel or a Rosetta Stone, in a way.”
“I love London, and it's a privilege for my children to grow up here.”

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