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My uncle ordered popoversfrom the restaurant's bill of fare. And, when they were served, he regarded them with a penetrating stare. Then he spoke great words of wisdomas he sat there on that chair:"To eat these things," said my uncle,"You must exercise great care. You may swallow down what's solid, but you must spit out the air!"And as you partake of the world's bill of fare, that's darned good advice to follow. Do a lot of spitting out the hot air. And be careful what you swallow. Dr. Seuss
Attach yourself to what is spiritually superior, regardless of what other people think or do. Hold to your true aspirations no matter what is going on around you. Epictetus
Destroy the traces. I’d never tried to do that. Instead I’d lived in their midst for thirty years, oblivious, a blind man fancying himself invisible. Jonathan Lethem
When it comes down to it, I let them think what they want. If they care enough to bother with what I do, then I'm already better than them. Marilyn Monroe
Willa Cather quote: "Men travel faster now, but I do not know if they go to better..."
Men travel faster now, but I do not know if they go to better things. Willa Cather
I fear being like everyone I hate, I fear failure, I fear losing control. I love balancing between chaos and control with everything I do. I always have a fear of going one way or another, getting lost in something, or losing everything to get lost in. And I fear being a completely acceptable sheep in society. Marilyn Manson
And now I've got to explain the smell that was in there before I went in there. Does that ever happen to you? It's not your fault. You've held your breath, you just wanna get out, and now you open the door and you have to explain, 'Oh! Listen, there's an odor in there and I didn't do it. It's bad. Ellen DeGeneres
Mark Twain quote: "Writing is easy. All you have to do is cross out the wrong words."
Writing is easy. All you have to do is cross out the wrong words. Mark Twain
You realize there are certain things that you'll never do that you always thought would be part of your future. It's a big relief to discover what you are best suited for, and it's a real advantage to be able then to focus. Richard Hell
Mark Haddon quote: "...and there was nothing to do except to wait and to hurt."
...and there was nothing to do except to wait and to hurt. Mark Haddon
Wine makes a man better pleased with himself. I do not say that it makes him more pleasing to others... This is one of the disadvantages of wine, it makes a man mistake words for thoughts. Samuel Johnson
Dr. Seuss quote: "Things may happen and often do to people as brainy and footsy..."
Things may happen and often do to people as brainy and footsy as you Dr. Seuss
C. S. Lewis quote: "Whatever you do, He will make good of it. But not the good He..."
Whatever you do, He will make good of it. But not the good He had prepared for you if you had obeyed him. C. S. Lewis
Henry James quote: "Things are always different than what they might be...If you..."
Things are always different than what they might be...If you wait for them to change, you will never do anything. Henry James
The girl had a certain nobleness of imagination, which rendered her a good many services and played her a great many tricks. She spent half her time in thinking of beauty, bravery, magnanimity; she had a fixed determination to regard the world as a place of brightness, of free expansion, of irresistible action, she thought it would be detestable to be afraid or ashamed. She had an infinite hope that she would never do anything wrong. She had resented so strongly, after discovering them, her... Henry James

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