"TRYING TO BE POPULAR IN HIGH SCHOOL IS LIKE TRYING TO BE MAYOR OF A CITY THAT WON'T EXIST IN FOUR YEARS."

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Source : "Jenny Holzer’s Hilarious Mom Tweets", www.huffingtonpost.com. January 5, 2012.

Jenny Holzer

#School Quotes #Years Quotes #Cities Quotes

“We're not going to think about what's happened in the past.”
“I used to store my anger and it affected my play. Now I get it out. I'm never rude to my playing partner. I'm very focused on the ball. Then it's over.”
“I couldn't live without my music, man. Or me mum.”
“I play piano all the time. I'm always at my piano, playing music.”
“I should much rather see reasonable agreement with the Arabs on the basis of living together in peace than the creation of a Jewish state. My awareness of the essential nature of Judaism resists the idea of a Jewish state with borders, an army, and a measure of temporal power, no matter how modest. I am afraid of the inner damage Judaism will sustainâ€”especially from the development of a narrow nationalism within our own ranks, against which we have already had to fight strongly, even without a Jewish state.”
“Purists behave as if there was a vintage year when language achieved a measure of excellence which we should all strive to maintain. In fact, there was never such a year. The language of Chaucer's or Shakespeare's time was no better and no worse than that of our own - just different.”

Source : Jean Aitchison (2013). “Language Change: Progress Or Decay?”, p.14, Cambridge University Press
“Jobs are a key essential in the Budget.They are government's number one priority and the Budget is going to reflect that.”
“I spend several days at a time without enough sleep. At first, normal activities become annoying. When you are too tired to eat, you really need some sleep. A few days later, things become strange. Loud noises become louder and more startling, familiar sounds become unfamiliar, and life reinvents itself as a surrealist dream.”

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