"In the same way, there is some creature gnawing away inside of me, urging me to do things in different ways."

-- Dylan Moran

#Different Quotes #Way Quotes #Creatures Quotes

“If you hold a candle close to you, its flame rises. And if you hold it away from you, its flame shrinks. The same way you hold a candle close to you, keep all your plans, aspirations, projects, and dreams close to you too. Do not share your plans or goals until you complete them, because as you hold your candle away from you, your goals will shrink in the eyes of others. Envy, jealousy, and resentment will put out your flame before it grows.”
“My first decade of living in a metropolis was like, I was a people watcher. It meant the world to me to talk to strangers. I got excited about the fifth time I'd see the same person in the same bodega. I loved getting to know a certain clerk or barista. It took on a whole big meaning for me because of that atomization that suburban people do start to feel.”

Source : "Debra Granik on "poverty porn," self-worth, and her new film, Stray Dog". Interview with Sam Fragoso, www.avclub.com. July 11, 2015.
“I like pessimists. Theyâ€™re always the ones who bring life jackets for the boat.”
“The difference between possible and impossible is hard work and commitment.”
“For, after all, put it as we may to ourselves, we are all of us from birth to death guests at a table which we did not spread.”
“It matters, it matters very much, what each of us chooses to do. The journey toward self-discovery and self-knowledge is not only life's highest adventure, but also the only way to transform society from one based on self-centeredness and compulsory compassion to one based on service and mutual responsibility.”
“This life is temporary, this body is temporary, but while I'm here I want to get as much out of it as I can”
“Kindness is an everyday byproduct of all the great virtues.”

Source : Krista Tippett (2016). “Becoming Wise Deluxe: An Inquiry into the Mystery and Art of Living”, p.108, Penguin

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