"Too many wish to be happy before becoming wise."

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Suzanne Curchod

#Wise Quotes #Wish Quotes #Becoming Quotes

“When I look at some of my old work, the pieces I find most interesting are the ones with people in them.”
“I lost more then 6 kilograms when I ceased with the top sport. That were all muscles. They are now gone.”
“At 17, I dreamed of seeing the world. At 19, I had been around the world and back.”
“A ball will always come to rest halfway down a hill, unless there is sand or water at the bottom.”
“We praise Him, we bless Him, we adore Him, we glorify Him, and we wonder who is that baritone across the aisle and that pretty woman on our right who smells of apple blossoms. Our bowels stir and our cod itches and we amend our prayers for the spiritual life with the hope that it will not be too spiritual.”
“It's funny. Some people remember that a lot more than I do. I remember certain parts of it, and if everybody who mentioned that to me had been to the game who said they were at the game, there'd be 800,000 people at that game, I think.”
“Itâ€™s admirable, what you do, what she does, but to me animal-welfare people are a bit like Christians of a certain kind. Everyone is so cheerful and well-intentioned that after a while you itch to go off and do some raping and pillaging. Or to kick a cat.”
“I can't say I don't get nervous, but I really kind of enjoy performing now.”

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