"Subject matter must be normal in the sense that it does not appear sought after so much as simply happening to one."

-- Fairfield Porter

#Doe Quotes #Matter Quotes #Normal Quotes

“Sometimes when you make good stuff and you love it, it gets outdated sometimes, because you've held on to it so long, you may not like it like you used to.”
“You know, most love songs are not cheesy and corny. Most love songs are complaints, I think. Or about unrequited love, coming at it from some oblique angle. Only the ones that say "I love you" over and over are the cheesy, corny ones that people complain about”
“Our health is what we make of it - give it attention and it improves, give it none and it subsides.”
“...I have great hopes for the possibility of a dynamic universalism that respects all our people.”
“I've never met a politician I haven't wanted to walk away from, and I've yet to hear a politician speak and actually believe the words coming out of his mouth.”
“Yes, it looks bleak. But you are still alive now. You are alive with all the others, in this present moment. And because the truth is speaking in the work, it unlocks the heart. And thereâ€™s such a feeling and experience of adventure. Itâ€™s like a trumpet call to a great adventure. In all great adventures there comes a time when the little band of heroes feels totally outnumbered and bleak, like Frodo in Lord of the Rings or Pilgrim in Pilgrimâ€™s Progress. You learn to say â€˜It looks bleak. Big deal, it looks bleak.â€™”
“This-this was what made life: a moment of quiet, the water falling in the fountain, the girl's voice. . . a moment of captured beauty. Those who are truly wise will never permit such moments to escape.”
“Those who said I'm not an out-and-out goal-scorer are probably right. I always feel I could score more.”

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