"Trevor realized that the odd thing about English is that no matter how much you screw sequences word up up, you understood, still, like Yoda, will be. Other languages don't work that way. French? Dieu! Misplace a single le or la and an idea vaporizes into a sonic puff. English is flexible: you can jam it into a Cuisinart for an hour, remove it, and meaning will still emerge."

-- Douglas Coupland

#Ideas Quotes #Odd Things Quotes #Jam Quotes

“People never like me and I never like people”
“It is a most wonderful comfort to sit alone beneath a lamp, book spread before you, and commune with someone from the past whom you have never met.”
“A very friendly boom, like a pair of gleeful handclaps.”
“You speak your mind, don't you...? A rare find in a woman.”
“Drosophila,â€ I said, remembering the word. â€œWhat?â€ Lily asked. â€œWhy do girls always fall for guys with the at ention span of drosophila?â€ â€œWhat?â€ â€œFruit flies. Guys with the attention span of fruit flies.â€ â€œBecause theyâ€™re hot?â€ â€œThis,â€ I told her, â€œis not the time for being truthful.”
“Don't wish it was easier wish you were better. Don't wish for less problems wish for more skills. Don't wish for less challenge wish for more wisdom”
“Some of the senior people, the very senior astronauts, shook my hand and said, 'K.C., you did a great job. Don't let anyone tell you different.'”
“Build a good name. Keep your name clean. Don't make compromises. Don't worry about making a bunch of money or being successful. Be concerned with doing good work ... and if you can build a good name, eventually that name will be its own currency.”

Source : "Patti Smith: Advice to the Young". Patti Smith's interview with Christian Lund at the Louisiana Literature festival at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, vimeo.com. August 24, 2012.

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