"You must write for the waste basket."

-- Johnny Mercer

#Writing Quotes #Waste Quotes #Baskets Quotes

“I learned this one growing up in Texas and, subsequently, living in Los Angeles: always use the 'usted' form when speaking to a Spanish official. Mexican border patrol cops don't like it when you call them 'amigo,' give them a hardy pat on the back, slip a $20 in their pocket. No bueno, it doesn't fly. By the way, those of you not laughing at that obviously took French in high school, and that was a gay choice.”
“Learning to distance yourself from all the negativity is one of the greatest lessons to achieve inner peace.”
“I can sometimes be a demanding person and Cristiano is really patient dealing with my personality. So I also try my hardest to offer him all my support when he needs it.”
“"A real work of art destroys, in the consciousness of the receiver, the separation between himself and the artist."”
“The evil done by oneself, self-begotten, self-bred, crushes the foolish, as a diamond breaks a precious stone.”
“The best books, they don’t talk about things you never thought about before. They talk about things you’d always thought about, but you didn’t think anyone else had thought about. You read them, and suddenly you’re a little bit less alone in the world. You’re part of this cosmic community of people who’ve thought about this thing, whatever it happens to be.”

Source : "We All Looked Up". Book by Tommy Wallach, March 24, 2015.
“You are a lover of your own experience ... not of me ... you turn to me to feel ur own emotion”
“But also, it's a wonderful thing for children to see the birthing of puppies, to see nature at its best when it works and to have the experience of the puppies.”

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