"I think all writing is a disease. You can't stop it."

-- William Carlos Williams

#Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Disease Quotes

“Education is not a luxury in modern American society-it is essential for survival.”

Source : John M. Perkins (1993). “Beyond Charity: The Call to Christian Community Development”, p.93, Baker Books
“Don't ever think compassion is weak. Compassion is about strength.”
“People who acquire things beyond their usefulness not only will derive little or no marginal gains from these acquisitions, but they also will experience negative consequences, as with any form of gluttony.”
“I do not consider myself less ignorant than most people. I have been and still am a seeker, but I have ceased to question stars and books. I have begun to listen to the teachings my blood whispers to me. My story is not a pleasant one; it is neither sweet nor harmonious, as invented stories are; it has the taste of nonsense and chaos, of madness and dreams -- like the lives of all men who stop deceiving themselves.”
“I remember writing 'The One I Can't Have' at the kitchen table. I was looking at a picture of Truman Capote with Marilyn Monroe and that's where I started. It doesn't make any sense because he was gay, but it was just the idea of the short guy and the beautiful blonde out of his league. That's where I started, but very quickly it became about me.”
“My parents were secular. I am an atheist.”
“Trust arrives on foot but leaves in a Ferrari The Ferrari screeched out of the parking lot in 2008.”
“I was involved as deputy mayor in New York City on 9/11.”

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