"It is still your work or role that finally gives you your definition in our society, and the thousands upon thousands of people who I believe are like me are those who have never found the professional skin to fit the riot in their souls ."

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Source : Seymour Krim (1991). “What's this cat's story?: the best of Seymour Krim”, Paragon House Publishers

Seymour Krim

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“A book is a map. There will be times in your life when you will feel lost and confused. The way back to yourself is through reading. There is not a problem in existence that has not been eased, somewhere and at some time, by a book. I want you to remember that.The answers have all been written. And the more you read, the more you will know how to find your way through those difficult times.”
“I'd say that most of life seems to me to be that way, a mixture of the mundane and the mythic, when you're living the life of the mind.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“Being a nerd, which is to say going too far and caring too much about a subject, is the best way to make friends I know. For me, the spark that turns an acquaintance into a friend has usually been kindled by some shared enthusiasm . . . At fifteen, I couldn't say two words about the weather or how I was doing, but I could come up with a paragraph or two about the album Charlie Parker with Strings. In high school, I made the first real friends I ever had because one of them came up to me at lunch and started talking about the Cure.”
“Politicians all over the world cater to domestic vote banks. They will spend only on what their constituents want. So unless there is a grass root green movement in a nation the politicians will not be willing to spend money on curbing emissions. More awareness is needed amongst the people to effect the real change in how governments spend.”
“Peter Joseph is asking the questions and proposing the possible solutions that we should be demanding from the elected leaders of this crazy world. His brilliant analysis of this ridiculous system we're operating under is one of the most important voices for change in this generation.”
“Keep a definite goal of achievement constantly in view. Realize that work well and worthily done makes life truly worth living.”
“People ask me how far I've come. And I tell them twelve feet: from the audience to the stage.”
“I'd like to set things straight, a few more people should be pulling their weight.”

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