"I'm convinced that in a healthy society, artistic norms should be constantly under question which is not of course, to deny the need for continuity."

-- Earle Brown

#Healthy Quotes #Needs Quotes #Culture Quotes

“There are no tests similar to SATs to tell us how much undergraduates know. State legislators, who appropriate billions of dollars each year to higher education, are naturally interested in finding out what they are getting for their money.”
“A Dauntless Ferris wheel wouldnâ€™t have cars. You would just hang on tight with your hands, and good luck to you.”
“Playwriting, like begging in India, is an honorable but humbling profession.”
“[A]ny desired additional nicotine 'kick' could be easily obtained through pH regulation.”
“The American Dream starts with the neighborhoods.”
“Some were paid solely for their ability to dream up the unthinkable.”

Source : Olen Steinhauer (2010). “The Nearest Exit”, p.237, Macmillan
“When one of Lisa's baby teeth fell out here, the tooth fairy left her 50 cents. Another tooth fell out when she was with her father in Las Vegas, and that tooth fairy left her $5. When I told Elvis that 50 cents would be more in line, he laughed. He knew I was not criticizing him; how would Elvis Presley know the going rate for a tooth?”
“At nineteen I was pretty sure I was going to be a professional soccer player. At that time I played for one of the Norwegian premier leagues. But I tore ligaments in both knees, so I started studying business administration and economics and became a financial analyst, and I worked at a brokerage firm as a stockbroker.”

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