"I came back to New York after college like any number of struggling performers, and you just find that niche where you can have some sort of impact. And for me that turned out to be comedy."

-- Billy Eichner

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“I don't have any desire to retire in the sense of not doing anything. As long as the Lord gives me strength I want to keep writing and keep preaching.”
“Ending torture and tyranny in Iraq was not a mistake. Supporting democracy in Iraq is not a mistake. Helping the long-suffering Muslims of Iraq who now seek to live democratically is not a mistake. In the long, long history of the Middle East, this breakthrough may one day be ranked as a dramatic turning point in regional history.”
“The things we respond to at twenty are not necessarily the same things we will respond to at forty and vice versa. This is true in books and also in life”

Source : Gabrielle Zevin (2014). “The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry: A Novel”, p.41, Algonquin Books
“A real man makes his own luck,”
“This was not some pretty little girl, coyly flirtatious, delicately stimulated. This was the mature female of the species, vivid, handsome and strong demanding that all the life within her be matched. Her instinct would detect any hedging, any dishonesty, any less than complete response to her - and then she would be gone for good.”
“Even when I'm alone I have real good company â€” dreams and imaginations and pretendings. I like to be alone now and then, just to think over things and taste them. But I love friendships â€” and nice, jolly little times with people.”
“Enlightenment! When it comes, it comes like a brick to the head, doesn't it?”
“I`m basically one of the best people I know.”

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