"You deserve to need me, not to have me."

-- Augusten Burroughs

#Needs Quotes #Deserve Quotes

“For people who live their lives in classical music the Three Tenors is a kind of benign tumor: unsightly but not life threatening.”
“Being democratic is not enough, a majority cannot turn what is wrong into right. In order to be considered truly free, countries must also have a deep love of liberty and an abiding respect for the rule of law.”
“By words one transmits thoughts to another, by means of art, one transmits feelings.”
“The feeling before and after the event is very important. There are things happening before and after the event. These things are even more important than the event itself.”
“Normally, small talk is enough for me to form an opinion of someone. I make quick judgments, often completely wrong, and then stick by them rigidly.”

Source : Alex Garland (2005). “The Beach”, p.118, Penguin
“The reward of child rearing is spending the rest of your life proudly knowing this person you helped guide. Let him be himself.”

Source : "Teens" by Mike Sager, www.esquire.com. June 08, 2012.
“There was nothing unusual about my victory. The entire story was back in eighth place. There is simply no way to imagine how good Jim Ryun is or how far he will go after he becomes an adult. What he did was more significant than Roger Bannister's first mile under 4 minutes.”
“The spirit of playful competition is, as a social impulse, older than culture itself and pervades all life like a veritable ferment. Ritual grew up in sacred play; poetry was born in play and nourished on play; music and dancing were pure play....We have to conclude, therefore, that civilization is, in its earliest phases, played. It does not come from play...it arises in and as play, and never leaves it.”

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