"Sometimes when I'm brushing my teeth, I'll look at the mirror and I swear my reflection seems kind of disappointed. I realized a couple of years ago that not only am I not super-skilled at anything, I'm not even particularly good at being myself."

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Source : Charles Yu (2010). “How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe: A Novel”, p.10, Vintage

Charles Yu

#Couple Quotes #Reflection Quotes #Mirrors Quotes

“Sometimes you get so close to someone you end up on the other side of them.”
“Some artists are definitely trying to do different styles. Some, not a lot. But even from what you've seen [of] Outkast, Kanye West, and Lil' Wayne, and different people expressing their way of evolving in hip-hop. In the evolution of hip-hop, they're doing different things. And you've seen hip-hop have more of a global presence and impact on the world.”
“Fortune ought to be a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master.”
“Buying a book is not about obtaining a possession, but about securing a portal.”
“Hypocrisy is the homage that vice and wrong pay to virtue and justice .”

Source : Albert Pike “Morals and Dogma : Scottish Rite in Freemasonry”, Lulu.com
“It is a regrettable, but undeniable, fact that the most delightful people are seldom big money-makers.”

Source : Marjorie Hillis (2011). “Orchids On Your Budget: Or Live Smartly on What You Have”, p.34, Hachette UK
“A finished person is a boring person.”
“I emcee how I feel for the moment. I'll always be influenced by Tribe, but my EP and LP have a lot of different flavors! I'll keep it vintage Tribe if Tribe decides to do another LP... which, in my heart, I'd love to do for the fans.”

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