"Watch TV or something." That's what the note says. So I say to myself, Fine. But I think I'll do the "or something" part."

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Source : Andrew Clements (2006). “Things Not Seen”, p.32, Penguin

Andrew Clements

#Thinking Quotes #Watches Quotes #Tvs Quotes

“The building of America has had its fair share of mistakes, but it's a constitution that's the jewel of democracy, the envy of many, and it's the most generous nation in the world.”
“The hour of death waits for no order. Death does not even come from the front. It is ever pressing on from behind. All men know of death, but they do not expect it of a sudden, and it comes upon them unawares. So, though the dry flats extend far out, soon the tide comes and floods the beach.”

Source : Yoshida Kenko (2009). “Essays in Idleness”, p.67, Cosimo, Inc.
“I feel comfortable in places like London. You get many cultures in L.A. but it's strangely segregated.”
“Painting dissolves the forms at its command ... it melts them into color.”
“I'll play until my knees fall off.”
“To be a housewife is to be a member of a very peculiar occupation, one with characteristics like no other. The nature of the duties to be performed, the method of payment, the form of supervision, the tenure system, the market in which the workers find jobs, and the physical hazzards are all very different from the way things are in other occupations.”
“I'm really into Greek yogurt, fruit and almonds. Those are my 'go-to' snacks.”
“I am very much against makeup and high heels and all that we inherit as 'beauty.'”

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