"My business in life is to eat, drink, sleep, and die. Everything else is superfluity and I will have none of it."

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Wilkie Collins

#Sleep Quotes #Life Is Quotes #Drink Quotes

“Get a feedback loop and listen to it... When people give you feedback, cherish it and use it.”
“It is good to come to a country you know practically nothing about. Your thoughts grow still, useless. Everything must be rebuilt. In a country you know nothing about, there is no reference point. You struggle to associate colors, smells, dim memories. You live a little like a child, or an animal. Objects and events may bring things to mind, but in the end they remain no more than what they are in fact. They begin only when you experience them, vanish when others follow.”

Source : Andrzej Stasiuk (2011). “On the Road to Babadag: Travels in the Other Europe”, p.79, HMH
“Guns are dangerous. The only thing more dangerous is not having them.”
“When I was kidnapped, my parents snapped into action. They rented out my room.”
“Suddenly they were dancing, holding each other tight, moving in circles that symbolised their relationship, both afraid to let go, both willing the song to continue while silently their insides tore.”
“A good deal of philanthropy arises in general from mere vanity and love of distinction gilded over to others and to themselves with some show of benevolent sentiment.”
“So say Iâ€™m your mom.' 'What?' I said. 'Iâ€™m your mom,' he repeated. 'Now tell me you want to quit modeling.' I could feel myself blushing. 'I canâ€™t do that,' I said. 'Why not?' he asked. 'Is it so hard to believe? You think Iâ€™m not a good role-player?' 'No,' I said. 'Itâ€™s justâ€“' 'Because I am. Everyone wanted me to be their mother in group.' I just looked at him. 'I justâ€¦ Itâ€™s weird.' 'No, itâ€™s hard. But not impossible. Just try it.' A week earlier, I hadnâ€™t even known what color his eyes were. Now, we were family. At least temporarily.”
“My heroes are the ones who survived doing it wrong, who made mistakes, but recovered from them.”

Source : "Bono Bites Back". Interview with Adam Block, www.motherjones.com. May 1, 1989.

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