"Smoking had become my favorite thing in the world to do. It was like having instant comfort, no matter where or when."

-- Augusten Burroughs

#Smoking Quotes #Comfort Quotes #World Quotes

“I have neither silver nor gold, but I bring with me the most precious thing given to me: Jesus Christ.”
“A normal adolescent is so restless and twitchy and awkward that he can mange to injure his knee--not playing soccer, not playing football--but by falling off his chair in the middle of French class.”
“Remember, that if thou marry for beauty, thou bindest thyself all thy life for that which perchance will neither last nor please thee one year; and when thou hast it, it will be to thee of no price at all; for the desire dieth when it is attained, and the affection perisheth when it is satisfied.”
“To be honest and truthful in all endeavours is an experience, not a regret”
“I like my characters to be ones I think about long after I've finished reading the script.”
“It was generally believed that Catholics were not interested in arts and science graduate schools. They weren't going to be intellectuals. And so I put the theses to the test. And they all collapsed.”
“The older one gets, the more one feels that the present must be enjoyed; it is a precious gift, comparable to a state of grace”
“And leadership then is about mobilizing and engaging the people with the problem rather than trying to anesthetize them so you can go off and solve it on your own.”

Source : "Lessons In Leadership: It's Not About You. (It's About Them)". "Morning Edition" with Linda Wertheimer, www.npr.org. November 11, 2013.

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