"I'm not sure that pasteurized thinking is rich enough in intellectual vitamins"

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Source : Keith Laumer (2002). “Retief!”, Baen

Keith Laumer

#Thinking Quotes #Intellectual Quotes #Vitamins Quotes

“I don't like the word nuclear exchange, it's like an exchange of wheat and so on. It's a horrible term and I always cross it out when I see it somewhere.”

Source : "Ideology of the Reagan Administration". WGBH Educational Foundation Interview, lsopenvault01.wgbh.org. November 24, 1987.
“The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science.”
“Humility is not disgraceful, and carries no loss of true pride.”
“There will be no peace in our world without an understanding of the place of religion within it.”
“Write. Write every day. Write honestly. Write something that doesnâ€™t exist, and you wish did. Read. Learn. Study. Watch people. Listen to what they say, listen to how they say it and listen to what they do not say. Surprise yourself. Scare yourself.”
“People could see in me who I am now, an Olympic champ, the best in the world.”
“If the argument is that failure helps you succeed, well, so does success and it's quicker. This suggests at least one reason for trying to succeed.”
“Here, then, is the real problem of our negligence. We fail in our duty to study God's Word not so much because it is difficult to understand, not so much because it is dull and boring, but because it is work. Our problem is not a lack of intelligence or a lack of passion. Our problem is that we are lazy.”

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