"You are asked to keep a ledger - a small notebook will do - of money in and money out. Counting brings clarity, and clarity is one of the first and finest fruits of prosperity."

-- Julia Cameron

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“I grew up with the white picket fence. My dad went to work nine to five, and he had a station wagon.”
“Chaos in the world brings uneasiness, but it also allows the opportunity for creativity and growth.”
“The problems of a retired schoolteacher in Duluth are OUR problems. That the future of the child in Buffalo is OUR future. That the struggle of a disabled man in Boston to survive and live decently is OUR struggle. That The hunger of a woman in Little Rock is OUR hunger. That the failure anywhere to provide what reasonably we might to avoid pain is OUR failure.”

Source : 1984 Democratic National Convention Keynote Address, delivered 16 July 1984, San Francisco, CA
“Some of the most flowery praise you hear on the subject of teams is only hypocrisy. Managers learn to talk a good game about teams even when they're secretly threatened by the whole concept.”

Source : Tom DeMarco (1997). “The deadline: a novel about project management”, Dorset House
“I'm still vegetarian - no, pescatarian, because I eat fish. I eat pretty much vegan at home, but when I'm on the road, I'm a bit more flexible. That was the kind of thing I learned as I got older - being flexible with it and listening to my body.”
“Of course the sands of Present Time are running out from under our feet. And why not? The Great Conundrum: 'What are we here for?' is all that ever held us here in the first place. Fear. The answer to the Riddle of the Ages has actually been out in the street since the First Step in Space. Who runs may read but few people run fast enough. What are we here for? Does the great metaphysical nut revolve around that? Well, I'll crack it for you, right now. What are we here for? We are here to go!”

Source : Brion Gysin (2015). “Back in No Time: The Brion Gysin Reader”, p.174, Wesleyan University Press
“Writing is a lonely job, unless you're a drinker, in which case you always have a friend within reach.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“She's television generation. She learned life from Bugs Bunny. The only reality she knows comes to her through the television set.”

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