"Written truth is four-dimensional. If we consult it at the wrong time, or read it at the wrong place, it is as empty and shapeless as a dress on a hook."

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Source : Robert Grudin (1997). “Time and the Art of Living”, p.141, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Robert Grudin

#Time Quotes #Hook Quotes #Four Quotes

“Writing is as big a part of my career as acting is, financially and time wise. So, yeah, I love it. That's all I wanted to do since I was young was be a writer. So that and acting are the two most important aspects of my career.”
“All know that the drop merges into the ocean but few know that the ocean merges into the drop.”
“Because, if we understand how a building is to be produced and we find a way that it can be more simply produced, then obviously we are contributing to building better buildings more easily.”
“Leaders live by choice, not by accident.”
“Running alone is the toughest. You get to the point where you have to keep pushing yourself.”
“I like Betsy Ross as a model, too, the quilting bee, sitting around with your friends making art, asking what they think, so that you get the benefit of everyone's opinions and so it's not just about you in your you-dom.”
“I've done well, I've been disappointed, and I think it all goes back to you. Of course the labels are going to be the labels. It's the music business. You are a business. That's what they do. So you've got to protect yourself.”
“It is the paradox of life that the way to miss pleasure is to seek it first.”

Source : Hugh Black (1901). “Culture and Restraint”

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