"Do not seek for information of which you cannot make use."

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Source : "The Technique of Rest". Book by Anna C. Brackett, Ch. 2, 1892.

Anna Brackett

#Use Quotes #Information Quotes

“What I like are films that take me seriously, that don't treat me as more stupid than I am.”
“In the 20th century, the French managed to get a death on the myth that they produce the world's best food. The hype has been carefully orchestrated, and despite the fact that the most popular food in the last quarter has undoubtedly been Italian, the French have managed to maintain that mental grip.”
“The most important fact about our shopping malls, as distinct from the ordinary shopping centers where we go for our groceries, is that we do not need most of what they sell, not even for our pleasure or entertainment, not really even for a sensation of luxury. Little in them is essential to our survival, our work, or our play, and the same is true of the boutiques that multiply on our streets.”

Source : Henry Fairlie (1979). “The Seven Deadly Sins Today”
“It's shocking the things we call love.”
“Authority is itself inherently an act of imagination.”
“All he knew was that they fit somehow, and that he felt as if he spent most of his life traveling a path that led inexorably to her.”
“She wanted him to notice her so much.”
“I'm so sad that I'm old enough to play, and I'm so grateful that I am. All that clichÃ©d things, you really do learn something if you get the luck of being able to hang around. Even if it's a rough ride, you learn.”

Source : Source: www.cbsnews.com

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