"Stressful jobs, loveless marriages, bad food-most people kill themselves slowly every day."

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Source : Arthur Nersesian (2010). “Mesopotamia”, p.11, Akashic Books

Arthur Nersesian

#Jobs Quotes #People Quotes #Stressful Quotes

“Do not teach your children never to be angry; teach them how to be angry.”
“We spoke about our dreams and how we always felt safe in them, no matter how bad everthing else seemed. He told me it was one of the best days of his life and then he took out his gun. A .22 rifle. And he leaned forward and whispered, "Forgive me, Taylor Markham." Before I could ask how he knew my name and what I was to forgive him for he said, "Take care of my little girl." And then he told me to close my eyes. And I've been frightened to do just that ever since.”
“The road to someday leads to a town of nowhere.”
“I'm just grateful that my body is healthy. I want to be on this planet for a long time, so I try to eat things that make me feel good and make me strong. But I also love food and I love life: Some days having that extra bowl of pasta and a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup means more to me than being thin.”
“I've never been a huge sweets eater, and I've always loved a Mediterranean diet. We eat a lot of dark leafy greens, and a couple meals each week are meat-free. We enjoy eating a balanced diet.”
“In the country Sunday is the day on which you do exactly as much work as you do on other days but feel guilty all the time you are doing it because Sunday is a day of rest.”

Source : BETTY MACDONALD (1945). “THE EGG AND I”
“Photography is something you learn to love very quickly. I know that many, many things are going to ask me to have their pictures taken and I will take them all.”
“No one questions the validity, the urgency, the essentiality of the Voting Rights Act.”

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