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Thing Quotes (page 872)

Kurt Vonnegut quote: "Like so many Americans, she was trying to construct a life..."
Like so many Americans, she was trying to construct a life that made sense from things she found in gift shops. Kurt Vonnegut
The most punk-rock thing you can do in L.A. is to say ‘George Bush is fucking awesome’ instead of talking about how lame it is that he’s fighting for oil. Trey Parker
Carson McCullers quote: "Maybe when people longed for a thing that bad the longing made..."
Maybe when people longed for a thing that bad the longing made them trust in anything that might give it to them. Carson McCullers
But the beginning of things, of a world especially, is necessarily vague, chaotic, and exceedingly disturbing. How few of us ever emerge from such beginning! How many souls perish in its tumult! The voice of the sea is seductive; never ceasing, whispering, clamoring, murmuring, inviting the soul to wander for a spell in abysses of solitude; to lose itself in mazes of inward contemplation. The voice of the sea speaks to the soul. The touch of the sea is sensuous, enfolding the body in its... Kate Chopin
So many old and lovely things are stored in the world's attic because we don't want them around us and we don't dare throw them out. John Steinbeck
If we can teach people about wildlife, they will be touched. Share my wildlife with me. Because humans want to save things that they love. Steve Irwin
Don't be in a hurry about finding your work in the world for yourself—you are not old enough to judge for yourself yet; but just look about you in the place you find yourself in, and try to make things a little better and honester there. Thomas Hughes
Isn't that how it is when you must decide with your heart? You are not just choosing one thing over another. You are choosing what you want. And you are also choosing what somebody else does not want, and all the consequences that follow. You can tell yourself, That's not my problem, but those words do not wash the trouble away. Maybe it is no longer a problem in your life. But it is always a problem in your heart. Amy Tan
At the end of life we will not be judged by how many diplomas we have received, how much money we have made, how many great things we have done. We will be judged by "I was hungry, and you gave me something to eat, I was naked and you clothed me. I was homeless, and you took me in. Mother Teresa
Oscar Wilde quote: "As for believing things, I can believe anything, provided that..."
As for believing things, I can believe anything, provided that it is quite incredible. Oscar Wilde
People who teach you cram old ideas, old views, old ways, into you. Like covering plants with layer after layer of old earth; it's no wonder the poor things so rarely come up fresh and green. John Fowles
Don DeLillo quote: "You need to know things the others don't know. It's what no..."
You need to know things the others don't know. It's what no one knows about you that allows you to know yourself. Don DeLillo
William Shakespeare quote: "The Play's the Thing, wherein I'll catch the conscience of the..."
The Play's the Thing, wherein I'll catch the conscience of the King. William Shakespeare
Cynicism masquerades as wisdom, but it is the farthest thing from it. Because cynics don’t learn anything. Because cynicism is a self-imposed blindness, a rejection of the world because we are afraid it will hurt us or disappoint us. Stephen Colbert
Nothing said in words ever came out quite even. Things in words got twisted and ran together, instead of staying straight and fitting together. Ursula K. Le Guin

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