"Running to him was real; the way he did it the realest thing he knew. It was all joy and woe, hard as a diamond; it made him weary behond comprehension. But it also made him free."

-- John L. Parker Jr.

#Running Quotes #Real Quotes #Joy Quotes

“A person obsessed with ultimate truth is a person asking to be relieved of money.”

Source : Robert B. Laughlin (2008). “A Different Universe: Reinventing Physics From the Bottom Down”, p.162, Basic Books
“Challenging unfairly subsidized products, fighting counterfeit goods and intellectual property theft and holding countries accountable for an unfair currency regime will help American companies remain competitive.”
“Which came first, the mind or the idea of the mind? Have you never wondered? They arrived together. The mind is an idea.”
“I love the competitive part of stocks. A lot of fear and greed, that's all it is. All I see is green and red.”
“There are victories of the soul and spirit. Sometimes, even if you lose, you win.”
“When you win a Grammy... you're thinking about you winning. It is amazing. Your peers and folks in the record business are saying, 'This is what we think of you.' And that's why the Grammy will always be, to me, the ultimate in what you get as far as a music trophy, because it is the one.”
“Authors have odd relationships with their creations They owe their fame and fortune to their characters but feel enslaved by them.”
“There have been times when I think we do not desire heaven but more often I find myself wondering whether, in our heart of hearts, we have ever desired anything else.”

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