"If you live, live free or die like the trees, standing up."

-- Mahmoud Darwish

#Tree Quotes #Live Free Quotes #Standing Quotes

“I think I should be active politically. Because I look upon myself as a politician. That's not a dirty work you know. Some people think that there are something wrong with politicians. Of course, something wrong with some politicians.”
“There were many reasons we broke up. There was a religious difference: I'm a Catholic, and she's the devil.”
“I cannot write in verse, for I am no poet. I cannot arrange the parts of speech with such art as to produce effects of light and shade, for I am no painter. Even by signs and gestures I cannot express my thoughts and feelings, for I am no dancer. But I can do so by means of sounds, for I am a musician....”

Source : Letter to Leopold Mozart, 8 Nov. 1777
“I wanted to write a book that maybe had the potential to go beyond the Deadspin and KSK [Kissing Suzy Kolber] readership.”

Source : Source: www.3ammagazine.com
“A new idea is rarely born like Venus attended by graces. More commonly it's modeled of baling wire and acne. More commonly it wheezes and tips over.”
“I've always read books and loved human behavior since I was ten or twelve years old. Maybe even that's why I wanted to do comedy.”
“Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, sautes it. There's, um, shrimp ka-bobs, shrimp creole, shrimp gumbo, pan-fried, deep-fried, stir-fried. There's pineapple shrimp, lemon shrimp, coconut shrimp, pepper shrimp, shrimp soup, shrimp stew, shrimp salad, shrimp and potatoes, shrimp burger, shrimp sandwich... That's, that's about it.”
“She was ready to deny the existence of space and time rather than admit that love might not be eternal.”

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