"Discriminate, discriminate, and again discriminate! Be fastidious. Choose. Select."

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E. Merrill Root

#Select Quotes #Fastidious Quotes

“The producers felt that 24 would be good for the audience, to really get to know who these 12 and 12 are.”
“If a tie is like kissing your sister, losing is like kissing you grandmother with her teeth out.”
“War is no longer a series of battles, but a test of the strength of the entire nation, its moral strength as well as physical, brain as well as muscles, and stamina as well as courage.”
“Try to decide how good your hand is at a given moment. Nothing else matters. Nothing.”
“I am not generally regarded as a pleasant or socially minded fellow.”
“You canâ€™t really change the heart without telling a story.”
“The pain, so unexpected and undeserved, had for some reason cleared away the cobwebs. I realized I didnâ€™t hate the cabinet door, I hated my lifeâ€¦ My house, my family, my backyard, my power mower. Nothing would ever change; nothing new could ever be expected. It had to end, and it did. Now in the dark world where I dwell, ugly things, and surprising things, and sometimes little wondrous things, spill out in me constantly, and I can count on nothing.”
“Don't buy society's definition of success. Because it's not working for anyone. It's not working for women, it's not working for men, it's not working for polar bears, it's not working for the cicadas that are apparently about to emerge and swarm us. It's only truly working for those who make pharmaceuticals for stress, diabetes, heart disease, sleeplessness, and high blood pressure.”

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