"Money does not bring happiness' - only the wherewithal, perhaps, to endure its absence."

-- Barbara Ehrenreich

#Doe Quotes #Absence Quotes #Endure Quotes

“Society demands conformity at the expense of individual liberty. Let us be for once a non conformist to be fully alive.”
“I didn't really want to be an actor when I was growing up - I wanted to be whatever I was reading about or seeing at the time. When I read The Firm I wanted to be a lawyer; when I saw Top Gun, I wanted to be a fighter pilot. So that's why acting probably turned out to be a good thing for me because I get to be people for five minutes or 90 minutes. I'd be curious to see if I had the attention span to be like those guys on 30 Rock and play the same character season after season,”
“Objects of Appreciation: Every time you go to use a utensil or instrument, take pleasure and feel gratitude for the fact that you have such an object available. If you focus on this, you'll be able to be lifted many many times each day. Some common examples include: a pen, fork, cup, key, computers, clock, chair, stapler, and eyeglasses.”
“Those who aspire to the status of cultured individuals visit bookstores with trepidation, overwhelmed by the immensity of all they have not read. They buy something that theyve been told is good, make an unsuccessful attempt to read it, and when they have accumulated half a dozen unread books, feel so bad that they are afraid to buy more. In contrast, the truly cultured are capable of owning thousands of unread books without losing their composure or their desire for more.”

Source : Gabriel Zaid “So Many Books: Reading and Publishing in an Age of Abundance”, Paul Dry Books
“The nearest approach to immortality on earth is a government bureau.”

Source : James F. Byrnes (1947). “Spealing Frankly”
“After the first couple of years recording I did a lot of praying. I said, 'Lord, please give me a hit.' I want one so bad.”
“Even if abortion were made easy or painless for everyone, it wouldn't change the bottom-line problem that abortion kills children.”
“My first real crush was... Louis Tomlinson.”

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