"Because you are defined not by life's imperfect moments, but by your reaction to them. And because there is joy in embracing - rather than running from - the utter absurdity of life."

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Source : Jenny Lawson (2012). “Let's Pretend This Never Happened: (A Mostly True Memoir)”, p.233, Pan Macmillan

Jenny Lawson

#Running Quotes #Joy Quotes #Imperfect Quotes

“I am beginning to believe that nothing is quite so uncertain as facts. (Edward Curtis)”
“Adults who think that children must be manipulated for their own good have developed the attitude of a controlling parent who lacks faith in himself, the child, or humanity or himself.”
“I'm inspired to write songs in many different ways - it can come from a melody, a word or phrase or something I have seen on my travels around the world. It's one of the great bonuses of my job in that I get to meet so many people and experience different cultures and it would be hard not to be inspired.”

Source : "Ross Kemp on why he'll be voting Labour in the General Election" by Ross Kemp, www.mirror.co.uk. April 9, 2010.
“All the translations of a poem in all possible languages may add nuance to nuance and, by a kind of mutual retouching, by correcting one another, may give an increasingly faithful picture of the poem they translate, yet they will never give the inner meaning of the original.”
“Self-discipline without talent can often achieve astounding results, whereas talent without self-discipline inevitably dooms itself to failure.”

Source : Sydney J. Harris (1985). “Pieces of Eight Pa”, Mariner Books
“My favorite meal is I'll make like a three-bean soup and I freeze half of it. But I'm also a big fan of meat alternatives, so I can still have my chicken and mashed potatoes and green beans, but I just have the chicken from a plant-based thing.”
“The Greens will continue to champion a fairer society rather than simply the economy and to champion the parliament rather than simply the stock exchange .”
“You can't lead anyone else further than you have gone yourself.”

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