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Thing Quotes (page 662)

Draw a line; draw a line that pleases you. And remember that it is not the artist's role to copy the outlines of things but to create a world of his own lines on paper." (pp.28-29) Milan Kundera
reality is perception perception change....reality is fluid so if by reality you mean reliably tangible objects and immutable events then theres no such thing Dean Koontz
Ted Turner quote: "It was okay for people to write negative things about me just..."
It was okay for people to write negative things about me just as long as they spelled my name right. Ted Turner
Oscar Wilde quote: "As for omens, there is no such thing as an omen. Destiny does..."
As for omens, there is no such thing as an omen. Destiny does not send us heralds. She is too wise or too cruel for that. Oscar Wilde
The range of the human mind, the scale and depth of the metaphors the mind is capable of manufacturing as it grapples with the universe, stand in stunning contrast to the belief that there is only one reality, which is man's, or worse, that only one culture among the many on earth possesses the truth. To allow mystery, which is to say to yourself, "There could be more, there could be things we don't understand," is not to damn knowledge. It is to take a wider view. It is to permit yourself an... Barry Lopez
Roger Ebert quote: "What I believe is that all clear-minded people should remain..."
What I believe is that all clear-minded people should remain two things throughout their lifetimes: Curious and teachable. Roger Ebert
Me, Polly Garter, under the washing line, giving the breast in the garden to my bonny new baby. Nothing grows in our garden, only washing. And babies. And where's their fathers live, my love? Over the hills and far away. You're looking up at me now. I know what you're thinking, you poor little milky creature. You're thinking, you're no better than you should be, Polly, and that's good enough for me. Oh, isn't life a terrible thing, thank God? Dylan Thomas
Suzanne Collins quote: "Rue, who when you ask her what she loves most in the world,..."
Rue, who when you ask her what she loves most in the world, replies, of all things, “Music. Suzanne Collins
Rebecca West quote: "the world had gone too far in its enthusiasm for moderation..."
the world had gone too far in its enthusiasm for moderation and the thing had to be stopped Rebecca West
You can tell yourself that you would be willing to lose everything you have in order to get something you want. But it's a catch-22: all of those things you're willing to lose are what make you recognizable. Lose them, and you've lost yourself. Jodi Picoult
We’re so wrapped up with egotistical things, career, family, having enough money, meeting the mortgage, getting a new car, fixing the radiator when it breaks—we’re involved in trillions of little acts just to keep going. So we don’t get into the habit of standing back and looking at our lives and saying, Is this all? Is this all I want? Is something missing? Mitch Albom
The whole idea of motivation is a trap. Forget motivation. Just do it. Exercise, lose weight, test your blood sugar, or whatever. Do it without motivation. And then, guess what? After you start doing the thing, that's when the motivation comes and makes it easy for you to keep on doing it. John C. Maxwell
Drew Barrymore quote: "You know you're putting a good thing out into the universe..."
You know you're putting a good thing out into the universe when you put on glitter. Drew Barrymore
In this respect, our townsfolk were like everybody else, wrapped up in themselves; in other words, they were humanists: they disbelieved in pestilences. A pestilence isn't a thing made to man's measure; therefore we tell ourselves that pestilence is a mere bogy of the mind, a bad dream that will pass away. But it doesn't always pass away and, from one bad dream to another, it is men who pass away, and the humanists first of all, because they have taken no precautions. Albert Camus
She quoted a dead playwright and called me a bullet with nothing but a future. She understood my lack of self-pity. She knew why I despised everything that might restrict my forward momentum. She knew that bullets have no conscience. They speed past things and miss their marks as often as they hit them. James Ellroy

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