"Autumn's the mellow time."

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Source : William Allingham (1883). “Evil May-day, &c”

William Allingham

#Time Quotes #Autumn Quotes #Mellow Quotes

“It is only when a man feels himself face to face with such horrors that he can understand their true import.”
“What nobody tells people who are beginnersâ€¦ is that all of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, and itâ€™s just not that good. Itâ€™s trying to be good, it has potential, but itâ€™s notâ€¦ your taste is why your work disappoints youâ€¦ We know our work doesnâ€™t have this special thing that we want it to have. We all go through thisâ€¦ It is only by going through a volume of work that you will close that gap, and your work will be as good as your ambitions.”
“Even bad books are books and therefore sacred.”

Source : "The Tin Drum" by Gunter Grass, translated by Ralph Manheim, Book 1, "Rasputin and the Alphabet", 1961.
“My grandmother has kept all of his stuff in a drawer. This one notebook was particularly chilling. He's [howard Brookner] writing to his parents knowing he has a death sentence; his movies are how he'll live on.”

Source : "William Burroughs Documentary: Howard Brookner’s Movie Re-Released After Decades Out Of Print". www.huffingtonpost.com. December 6, 2017.
“Food choices affect health outcomes, and consumers need to have the latest, most up-to-date scientific information in making their food choices.”

Source : "FDA cracks down on bogus health claims". www.cnn.com. December 18, 2002.
“I was apprehensive. I feared every time I talked about poetry, it would be filtered through the lens of race, sex, and age.”
“Books are for those without real lives, he thought. And they are no real replacement.”
“John Cryan and I worked together at UBS, and I think John is one smart, hardworking individual, and I wouldn't bet against John. I wish him well.”

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