"The weather is like the government, always in the wrong."

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Source : Jerome K. Jerome (2008). “The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow: Easyread Comfort Edition”, p.69, ReadHowYouWant.com

Jerome K. Jerome

#Government Quotes #Weather Quotes

“Stories are the only enchantment possible, for when we begin to see our suffering as a story, we are saved.”
“We wanted to define her, to wrap her up as we did each other, but we could not seem to get past "weird" and "strange" and "goofy." Her ways knocked us off balance.”
“Today, everything I do from morning meditation on - eating breakfast, going for a walk, writing, reading, even recreation - is governed by one purpose only: how to give the very best account of my life that I can in the service of all.”
“Americans' addiction to sports, with the NFL at the top, is based on the excitement generated by the potential for the unexpected great play which can only happen with honest competition from great athletes.”
“Contradictions of perspective. Contrasts of light. Contrasts of form. Points of view impossible to achieve in drawing and painting. Foreshortenings with a strong distortion of the objects, with a crude handling of matter. Moments altogether new, never seen before compositions whose boldness outstrips the imagination of painters Then the creation of those instants which do not exist, contrived by means of photomontage. The negative transmits altogether new stimuli to the sentient mind and eye.”
“The more risks you allow your children to make, the better they learn to look after themselves.”
“I know how hard it is to be a woman, especially a black woman.”
“I've noticed that sometimes when you keep things a little smaller, it's easier to focus on the creative aspects of what you're doing.”

Source : Interview With Martin Scorsese, www.interviewmagazine.com. August 17, 2010.

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