#ear

A couple years ago, the novelist Russell Banks told me he was reading the ancient Greek historian Herodotus. I asked why. He said, 'Because I've always wanted to and am tired of having my reading assigned.' I thought it was a marvelous declaration of independence. ↗

— Richard Russo

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About 15 years ago I went though a period of a year or so when I just couldn't find anything good. My wife noticed I was having trouble reading menus. I bought some cheap reading glasses in a drug store. I got home and suddenly all these books that weren't good were good. ↗

— Richard Russo

#ago #anything #books #bought #cheap

Never let the fear of striking out get in your way. ↗

— Babe Ruth

#get #never #out #striking #way

In recent years, more and more of my time has become absorbed by administrative work for the research council of ETH-Z of which I am presently the president. ↗

— Richard Ernst

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It was the height of the Depression, and suddenly I am earning pots of money. ↗

— Ann Rutherford

#depression #earning #height #i #i am

The development of the telescope, together with increased knowledge of things, brought men to see that the earth is not what man had once thought it to be. ↗

— Joseph Franklin Rutherford

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The inspired Scriptures make the clear distinction between false and true riches and make plain the reason why happiness is gained and fully enjoyed only by those who find true riches. ↗

— Joseph Franklin Rutherford

#clear #clear distinction #distinction #enjoyed #false

See that you buy the field where the Pearl is; sell all, and make a purchase of salvation. Think it not easy: for it is a steep ascent to eternal glory: many are lying dead by the way, slain with security. ↗

— Samuel Rutherford

#buy #dead #easy #eternal #field

Everyone has limits. You just have to learn what your own limits are and deal with them accordingly. ↗

— Nolan Ryan

#deal #everyone #just #learn #limits

This line of research continued when I went, and brought my research group with me, to the new University of California, Irvine campus in 1966 to become the founding Dean of the School of Physical Sciences. ↗

— Frederick Reines

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