"In the long run, failure was the only thing that worked predictably. All else was accidental."

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Source : Joseph Heller (1997). “Good as Gold”, p.71, Simon and Schuster

Joseph Heller

#Running Quotes #Failure Quotes #Long Quotes

“As I've gotten older, I can look at myself more clearly and own the things that I'm good at and work on the things that I'm not. Like, I am not skinny. I know that if I were to lose a little weight I'd literally have more time in the morning because I know clothes would fit better. And now I can look at those things more practically. Instead of being like, "What does that say about me?," now I'm just like, "That would be great to sleep in an extra fifteen minutes because I wasn't trying on everything in my closet."”
“In the Spring, I have counted 136 different kinds of weather inside of 24 hours.”
“All my work begins with drawings.”

Source : "The Eyes Of Ellsworth Kelly: The Insightful Artist Turns 90" by Elizabeth Sobieski, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 31, 2013.
“Feel that life likes you just the way you are; otherwise, it would have made you differently.”

Source : Barbara Ann Kipfer (2013). “Self-Meditation: 3,299 Tips, Quotes, Reminders, and Wake-Up Calls for Peace and Serenity”, p.174, Workman Publishing
“What a great day for football, all we need is some green grass and a ball.”
“A graceful taunt is worth a thousand insults.”
“The vanity of others runs counter to our taste only when it runs counter to our vanity.”
“Because of my own family's service (in the U.S. Army, Navy, and Massachusetts and New York National Guard), I am a strong supporter of the military and do believe that there are just wars.”

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