"With sixty staring me in the face, I have developed inflammation of the sentence structure and definite hardening of the paragraphs."

-- James Thurber

#Birthday Quotes #Sarcastic Quotes #Writing Quotes

“I think the central theme about black society is that it has got elements of a defeated society”
“I got in the habit of giving away a book as soon as I've finished it because I lived in a housing co-op at Cambridge and had no space to keep books.”
“In the United States, we spend millions of dollars on sports because it promotes teamwork, discipline, and the experience of learning to make great progress in small increments. Learning to play music does all this and more.”

Source : "Linda Ronstadt a Solderada for a time such as this". Interview with Dr. Alan Carlos Hernandez, www.heralddeparis.com. June 18, 2010.
“The digital revolution is far more significant than the invention of writing or even of printing.â€â€œThe better we get at getting better, the faster we will get better.â€â€œIn 20 or 30 years, youâ€™ll be able to hold in your hand as much computing knowledge as exists now in the whole city, or even the whole world.â€â€œThe rate at which a person can mature is directly proportional to the embarrassment they can tolerate.â€â€œThe key thing about all the worldâ€™s big problems is that they have to be dealt with collectively. If we donâ€™t get collectively smarter, weâ€™re doomed.”

Source : "Intelligence in the Internet Age". New York Times, September 19, 2005.
“A unitary urbanism â€” the synthesis of art and technology that we call for â€” must be constructed according to certain new values of life, values which now need to be distinguished and disseminated.”
“Love isn't rational, it's instinctive”
“If you really want to tell stories, do it and don't be dissuaded.”
“But music can save your life sometimes. It probably saved me from working in a bank or something. That's a kind of salvation right there.”

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