"I didn't learn for years that you generally find your Self after you quit looking for it."

-- Peg Bracken

#Years Quotes #Self Quotes #Quitting Quotes

“Some have argued that the President is required to get permission from a federal court before taking action against a United States citizen who is a senior operational leader of al Qaeda or associated forces. This is simply not accurate. 'Due process' and 'judicial process' are not one and the same, particularly when it comes to national security. The Constitution guarantees due process, not judicial process.”

Source : Address at Northwestern University Law School, delivered 5 March 2012, Chicago, IL
“A stylist might say you look amazing in anything. Your family will always tell you if you look a complete idiot.”
“Nobody hates hipsters more than hipsters.”

Source : "Q&A: Tim and Eric Cash in on Their 'Billion Dollar Movie'". Interview with Max Evry, www.mtv.com. February 29, 2012.
“It's cool to be a nerd. There's a general understanding that smartphones didn't come from jocks. The digital age was foreseen by a group of short-sleeved, buttoned-down, white-shirted guys and their female equivalents designing the very stuff that's now ubiquitous.”
“I love the students - they are remarkable, inspiring people. I would miss teaching if I stopped doing it. The kind of work I do is pretty diverse: I can cast a play while doing a polish of a screenplay, while thinking about a new play and revising another. In other words, the kind of work that I do during my work day is not just writing, yet it is all part of the job of being a playwright.”
“It's a shame about California, and particularly about L.A., where they've demolished so many landmarks. It's a bit of a disease there, where if anything is over 30 years old, they sort of knock it down and replace it. It's a strange town, it's this sprawling suburb, and then there's a city, the old town.”
“All art is the tension, expressed between the uncontainable and its one perfect inevitable form.”
“I have no academic qualifications whatsoever.”

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