"It's not enough to be busy."

-- Henry David Thoreau

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“Wherever something is "pinned down" there's a little hole - at least one - more likely many.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“It's harder to build than destroy. To build is to engage and change. In jazz, we call progressing harmonies changes. Changes are like obstacles on a speed course. They demand your attention and require you to be present. They are coming...they are here..... and then they are gone. It's how life comes. Each moment is a procession from the future into the past and the sweet spot is always the present. Live in that sweet spot. Be present.”
“Goals should always be made to a point that will make us reach and strain.”
“Look back, and smile on perils past.”

Source : Walter Scott (1873). “Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott ...”, p.339
“The misfortune of a young man who returns to his native land after years away is that he finds his native land foreign; whereas the lands he left behind remain for ever like a mirage in his mind. However, misfortune can itself sow seeds of creativity. ---- Afterword to "Hothouse" Brian Aldiss”
“I've always seen modeling as a stepping stone.”
“I have the impression that cycling is no longer a game but rather an employment... a job.”
“It's daft, locking us up," said Nanny. "I'd have had us killed." "That's because you're basically good," said Magrat. "The good are innocent and create justice. The bad are guilty, which is why they invent mercy.”

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