"I had refused Emerson's well-meant offers of assistance, knowing his efforts would be confined to moving the furniture to the wrong places and demanding how much longer the process would take."

-- Barbara Mertz

#Moving Quotes #Knowing Quotes #Effort Quotes

“I wished I stayed at the movies, where I could have at least had some popcorn with my drama.”

Source : Robin Benway (2010). “The Extraordinary Secrets of April, May, & June”, p.169, Penguin
“Every cause produces more than one effect.”

Source : "Progress: Its Law and Cause" (1857)
“Thanks to the Communist Party of China, we now know the path to poverty alleviation is Capitalism.”
“Answers? Forget answers. The spectacle is all in the questions.”

Source : Rebecca Goldstein (1993). “The Mind-Body Problem”, Penguin Group USA
“Now, I have the opportunity to catch more balls and I relish the opportunity, ... Its something Ive always wanted. I think I needed a change. It was like Groundhog Day, doing the same thing over and over again. What better place could I be than to come to New York and try to put everybody to the side and say, This is who I am.”
“Why hurry over beautiful things? Why not linger and enjoy them?”
“I've got nothing against selling out, but just let me do it for something that matters. Not so I can be Number One With a Bullet, as it were, but so I can leave this world feeling like I made a difference.”
“On the road you can really be more regular about it and work it into daily routines. There's no town that doesn't have a gym. And if you find one that actually doesn't, you can go to the local high school. They always have one.”

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