"the first thing I did when I made the decision to kill myself was to stop dieting. Let them dig a wider hole."

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Source : Gail Parent (2004). “Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York”, p.99, The Overlook Press

Gail Parent

#Decision Quotes #Dieting Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“Before I got into TV, I wasn't fashionable at all.”
“To live a life of virtue, you have to become consistent, even when it isn't convenient, comfortable, or easy.”
“Ugly programs are like ugly suspension bridges: they're much more liable to collapse than pretty ones, because the way humans (especially engineer-humans) perceive beauty is intimately related to our ability to process and understand complexity. A language that makes it hard to write elegant code makes it hard to write good code.”
“I travel Europe every couple of weeks. I just came back from London, Holland and Denmark. Every nation on this planet has its issues with race, and I am not sure if everyone has figured out how to deal with it.”

Source : "Interview: Montel Williams". www.askmen.com.
“Our task is to widen our circle of compassion to include all living beings and all of nature”
“Democracy's a very fragile thing. You have to take care of democracy. As soon as you stop being responsible to it and allow it to turn into scare tactics, it's no longer democracy, is it? It's something else. It may be an inch away from totalitarianism.”
“My heart's so full of joy, That I shall do some wild extravagance Of love in public; and the foolish world, Which knows not tenderness, will think me mad.”
“Anyone can revolt. It is more difficult silently to obey our own inner promptings, and to spend our lives finding sincere and fitting means of expression for our temperament and our gifts.”

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