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“I was surprised by how many people think of themselves as procrastinators, but, like me, seem to get a lot done anyway.”

Source : "John Perry: An interview by Bob Morris". bobmorris.biz. October 4, 2012.
“Don't get me started on the little airplane name badges," Natalie grumbled.”

Source : Peter Lerangis (2011). “The 39 Clues #7: The Viper's Nest”, p.39, Scholastic Inc.
“I avoid my neighbors - luckily, my building has two exits.”
“Do not let the Obama administration fool you with all their cunning Alinsky methods. And if you don't know what that method is, I implore you to get the book 'Rules for Radicals,' by Saul Alinsky. Mr. Obama is very well trained in these methods.”
“Can you imagine in 2016 there is a discussion about #OscarsSoWhite? Is it a novelty we've just discovered that the whole production machine is dominated by only one type of human being, excluding women, excluding gays, excluding minorities? This is not new.”
“There is an ideal of excellence for any particular craft or occupation; similarly there must be an excellent that we can achieve as human beings. That is, we can live our lives as a whole in such a way that they can be judged not just as excellent in this respect or in that occupation, but as excellent, period. Only when we develop our truly human capacities sufficiently to achieve this human excellent will we have lives blessed with happiness.”
“When your tongue can taste shadows and your friends are shedding tears, That's when you know that hell is empty 'cos all the devils are here.”
“Patience is the mother of joy.”

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