"I'm very proud of myself on my, whatever the literacy is, I'm pretentious, totally pretentious. I like to say 'hmm', for example."

-- Tom Lehrer

#Proud Quotes #Example Quotes #Literacy Quotes

“When I close my eyes at night I'm able to go to bed with a heart full of gratitude. When I wake up in the morning my heart is full with thankfulness and peace. I don't know what tomorrow will hold, but I do know I will live each day to the fullest.”
“I hit rock bottom, but thank God my bottom wasn't death.”
“I see far stronger and more charismatic personalities strolling around Philadelphia's neighborhoods than are being featured in most of today's bland daytime soaps.”
“Why is Schoenberg's Music so Hard to Understand?”
“How many of you have ever started dating because you were too lazy to commit a suicide?”
“There is nothing in science which teaches the origin of anything at all.”
“As a young woman, I was so eager to please that I served others' happiness and even their values before my own. It didn't earn me love, but it did deliver me to a place where I had to choose between what I thought of myself and what other people did. I chose myself.”

Source : "Why Author Kathryn Harrison Wants Her Writing to 'Destroy Your Equilibrium'". Interview with Leigh Haber, www.oprah.com. November 2014.
“You will find it a very good practice always to verify your references, sir.”

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