"Being a writer is part of a noble tradition, as is being a musician â€“ the last egalitarian and open associations. No matter what happens in terms of fame and fortune, dedication to writing is a marching-step forward from where you were before, when you didnâ€™t care about reaching out to the world, when you werenâ€™t hoping to contribute, when you were just standing there doing some job into which you had fallen."

-- Anne Lamott

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“Knowing what is big and what is small is more important than being able to solve partial differential equations.”
“Make philosophy thy journey, theology thy journey's end: philosophy is a pleasant way, but dangerous to him that either tires or retires; in this journey it is safe neither to loiter nor to rest, till thou hast attained thy journey's end; he that sits down a philosopher rises up an atheist.”
“Connection gives purpose and meaning to our lives.”
“One of my weekend hobbies is to go look at old houses when there are open houses around here. Just to go look at the architecture. And you can see how many houses were built around 1977, the year where everyone said, "Let's put in these aluminum windows instead of beautiful hand-made wood ones."”
“The key to good grilling is to recognize that you are setting yourself up to cook in a whole new environment. This is actually one of the main purposes of grilling - to get yourself outside.”

Source : "Sustainable Grilling With Barton Seaver". Interview with Esther Sung, www.epicurious.com. May 21, 2013.
“Billions of taxpayers' money has been wasted in bad deals. The London Underground modernisation, personally negotiated by one of Gordon Brown's team, was a disaster, as the National Audit Office has confirmed.”
“Nonsense, I have not yet begun to defile myself.”

Source : "Fictional character: Doc Holliday". "Tombstone", 1993.
“Thrones, dominions, princedoms, virtues, powers-- If these magnific titles yet remain Not merely titular.”

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