"The people at the Café Lehmitz had a presence and a sincerity that I myself lacked. It was okay to be desperate, to be tender, to sit all alone or share the company of others. There was a great warmth and tolerance in this destitute setting."

-- Anders Petersen

#People Quotes #Tolerance Quotes #Sincerity Quotes

“When I was young, I observed that nine out of ten things I did were failures. So I did ten times more work.”
“A student well versed in even one technique will naturally see corresponding points in other techniques. A upper level punch, a lower punch, a front punch and a reverse punch are all essentially the same. Looking over thirty-odd kata, he should be able to see that they are essentially variations on just a handful.”
“Life learned early on to recognize itself.”

Source : "Life’s Most Amazing Invisible Secrets" by Andy Mannle, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 11, 2012.
“Making a living is nothing; the great difficulty is making a point, making a difference-with words.”

Source : Elizabeth Hardwick (2017). “The Collected Essays of Elizabeth Hardwick”, p.112, New York Review of Books
“Distance is the only cure for certain diseases.”
“Anyone who imagines that bliss is normal is going to waste a lot of time running around shouting that heâ€™s been robbed. The fact is that most putts donâ€™t drop, most beef is tough, most children grow up to just be people, most successful marriages require a high degree of mutual toleration, most jobs are more often dull than otherwise. Life is like an old time rail journeyâ€¦delaysâ€¦sidetracks, smoke, dust, cinders and jolts, interspersed only occasionally by beautiful vistas and thrilling burst of speed. The trick is to thank the Lord for letting you have the ride.”
“When do you know you're insane? And when do you known you're sane? I think I treat a fine line between the two. It's a battle to function, but somehow I manage.”
“Most gay men are as sexist in their thinking as are heterosexuals. Their patriarchal thinking leads them to construct paradigms of desirable sexual behaviour that is similar to that of patriarchal straight men.”

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