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Who is there today who still cares about a well-finished death? No one. Even the rich, who could after all afford this luxury, are beginning to grow lazy and indifferent; the desire to have a death of one's own is becoming more and more rare. In a short time it will be as rare as a life of one's own. Rainer Maria Rilke
Perhaps one day, all these conflicts will end, and it won't be because of great statesmen or churches or organisations like this one. It'll be because people have changed. They'll be like you, Puffin. More a mixture. So why not become a mongrel? It's healthy. Kazuo Ishiguro
Corey Clark quote: "I've got to make sure Corey Clark is all right."
I've got to make sure Corey Clark is all right. Corey Clark
Henry David Thoreau quote: "Faith keeps many doubts in her pay. If I could not doubt, I..."
Faith keeps many doubts in her pay. If I could not doubt, I should not believe. Henry David Thoreau
Wendell Berry quote: "Eating is an agricultural act."
Eating is an agricultural act. Wendell Berry
William Shakespeare quote: "But I am constant as the Northern Star, Of whose true fixed..."
But I am constant as the Northern Star, Of whose true fixed and resting quality. There is no fellow in the firmament. William Shakespeare
Shia LaBeouf quote: "No, I was an unknown when I walked in that room. He didn't..."
No, I was an unknown when I walked in that room. He didn't know who I was from a fly on the wall. Shia LaBeouf
Carole King quote: "I still believe that everyone is beautiful in some way and by..."
I still believe that everyone is beautiful in some way and by seeing the beauty in others we make ourselves more beautiful. Carole King
I'm not a money manager, but I can tell you what the conventional wisdom is. The younger you are, the more risk you can take on. Maria Bartiromo
If the Universe came to an end every time there was some uncertainty about what had happened in it, it would never have got beyond the first picosecond. And many of course don't. It's like a human body, you see. A few cuts and bruises here and there don't hurt it. Not even major surgery if it's done properly. Paradoxes are just the scar tissue. Time and space heal themselves up around them and people simply remember a version of events which makes as much sense as they require it to make. Douglas Adams
In my mind, I never doubted whether I was going to achieve what I wanted to do. I just had to decide what it is I wanted to do. Curt Schilling
Henry David Thoreau quote: "Being is the great explainer."
Being is the great explainer. Henry David Thoreau
I have experienced some amazing food! Yet when I think about the most luxurious and exquisite meals I have had, visions of simple food made from a few natural ingredients are what most excite me. Mark Hyman
Michael Symon quote: "I make no bones about it. I have no understanding of pastry."
I make no bones about it. I have no understanding of pastry. Michael Symon
Sam Waterston quote: "I think the bait for doing something really is always the part."
I think the bait for doing something really is always the part. Sam Waterston