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Michael Pollan quote: "Without such a thing as fast food, there would be no need for..."
Without such a thing as fast food, there would be no need for slow food, Michael Pollan
Roger Zelazny quote: "Sleep is perhaps the only among life's great pleasures which..."
Sleep is perhaps the only among life's great pleasures which need not be of short duration. Roger Zelazny
Peter De Vries quote: "It is the final proof of God's omnipotence that he need not..."
It is the final proof of God's omnipotence that he need not exist in order to save us. Peter De Vries
A man's bookcase will tell you everything you'll ever need to know about him," my father had told me more than once. "A businessman has business books and a dream has novels and books of poetry. Most women like reading about love, and a true revolutionary will have books about the minutiae of overthrowing the oppressor. A person with no books is inconsequential in a modern setting, but a peasant that reads is a prince in waiting. Walter Mosley
He had said, "I am a man," and that meant certain things to Juana. It meant that he was half insane and half god. It meant that Kino would drive his strength against a mountain and plunge his strength against the sea. Juana, in her woman's soul, knew that the mountain would stand while the man broke himself; that the sea would surge while the man drowned in it. And yet it was this thing that made him a man, half insane and half god, and Juana had need of a man; she could not live without... John Steinbeck
Janet Evanovich quote: "You need teeth like mine!" Grandma said. "You can just mail..."
You need teeth like mine!" Grandma said. "You can just mail 'em to the dentist! Janet Evanovich
Bill Watterson quote: "Good friends are hard to come by.. I need more money."
Good friends are hard to come by.. I need more money. Bill Watterson
One must state it plainly. Religion comes from the period of human prehistory where nobody—not even the mighty Democritus who concluded that all matter was made from atoms—had the smallest idea what was going on. It comes from the bawling and fearful infancy of our species, and is a babyish attempt to meet our inescapable demand for knowledge (as well as for comfort, reassurance and other infantile needs). Today the least educated of my children knows much more about the natural order than... Christopher Hitchens
Life is an ongoing process of choosing between safety (out of fear and need for defense) and risk (for the sake of progress and growth). Make the growth choice a dozen times a day. Abraham Maslow
A guy needs somebodyto be near him. A guy goes nuts if he ain't got nobody. Don't make no difference who the guy is, long's he's with you. I tell ya, I tell ya a guy gets too lonely an' he gets sick. John Steinbeck
To do good to one is to do bad to another. But you don't need to hear my excuses. They are the same that everyone makes to themselves when faced with the misery of others; though they would like to do the right thing, they simply fail to do so and look after themselves instead. Fay Weldon
My grandfather used to say: Life is astoundingly short. To me, looking back over it, life seems so foreshortened that I scarcely understand, for instance, how a young man can decide to ride over to the next village without being afraid that -not to mention accidents- even the span of a normal happy life may fall far short of the time needed for such a journey. Franz Kafka
When a heroine is satisfied that she has exercised judgement with clear vision, moral principle, and common sense, she need not acquiesce to opposing viewpoints. Jane Austen
Julia Cameron quote: "Mystery is at the heart of creativity. That, and surprise...As..."
Mystery is at the heart of creativity. That, and surprise...As creative channels, we need to trust the darkness. Julia Cameron
Philip Pullman quote: "Tell them stories. They need the truth you must tell them true..."
Tell them stories. They need the truth you must tell them true stories, and everything will be well, just tell them stories. Philip Pullman

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