"But I'm not ready to stop listening to the screwed-up inner voice that's been ordering me around for a lifetime. My head thinks it can kill me... and go on living without me."

-- Mary Karr

#Thinking Quotes #Voice Quotes #Listening Quotes

“Wooo!â€™ he said, slamming his shot glass down and coughing a bit. â€˜Thatâ€™s good stuff.â€™ I agreed heartily. â€˜Shall we do another one?â€™ I asked. â€˜Oh no,â€™ Jesus said quietly, his eyes growing round. â€˜This is one of those situations where I have to stop and ask myself, what would I do?”
“In Texas, we practically come out of the womb in jeans.”
“Wonder Showzen is one of my favorite shows of all time. When I first saw it, I thought it was so funny and new and original and edgy and insane and subversive. I didn't know comedy could do that.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“It is familiarity with life that makes time speed quickly. When every day is a step in the unknown, as for children, the days are long with gathering of experience . . .”

Source : George Gissing (2016). “The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft”, p.248, The Floating Press
“Politics and prostitution have to be the only jobs where inexperience is considered a virtue. In what other profession would you brag about not knowing stuff? â€œIâ€™m not one of those fancy Harvard heart surgeons. Iâ€™m just an unlicensed plumber with a dream and Iâ€™d like to cut your chest open.â€ The crowd cheers.”
“Donâ€™t lick the guests, darling. Bad manners.”
“Those who cling to life die, and those who defy death live.”
“Certainly there are times in all of our lives when bad things happen, or things donâ€™t turn out as we had hoped. But thatâ€™s when we we must a decision that weâ€™re going to be happy inspite of our circumstances.”

Source : "Tim Cook, Apple CEO, Auburn University Commencement Speech 2010" by Kit Eaton, www.fastcompany.com. August 26, 2011.

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