“There are too many ideas and things and people. Too many directions to go. I was starting to believe the reason it matters to care passionately about something, is that it whittles the world down to a more manageable size.”

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American screenwriter 1958

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Context: I think people talk too much; that's the truth of the matter. I do. I don't believe in words. People use too many words and usually wrongly. I am sure that in the distant future people will talk much less and in a more essential way. If people talk a lot less, they will be happier. Don't ask me why.

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Too easily, and care for many things
That don’t concern them.”

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Source: Elegies, Lines 421-423, as translated by Dorothea Wender.

“Anyone who tells you size doesn't matter has been seeing too many small knives.”

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“We have lost faith in government, not in just one party, not in just one house, but in government. It is time for innovation and transformation in Washington. It is what our country needs. It is what our people deserve…I do not believe Washington can be transformed from within by a lifelong politician. There have been too many deals, too many favors, too many entanglements -- and too little real world experience managing, guiding, leading.”

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“Too many. Things I do not care for But one thing that I adore. Is a girl like you.”

Pete Yorn (1974) American musician

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“having too many ideas is not always a good thing.”

Paul Arden (1940–2008) writer

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“The trouble with this country is… that there're too many people going about saying "The trouble with this country is—"”

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“In many ways connection has been disastrous. We have confused information (of which there has been too much of) with ideas (of which there are too few. I found out much more about the world and myself by being unconnected.”

Paul Theroux (1941) American travel writer and novelist

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“There are too many ideas and things and people. Too many directions to go. I was starting to believe the reason it matters to care passionately about something, is that it whittles the world down to a more manageable size.”

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