"You cannot achieve happiness. Happiness happens and is a transitory stage. Imagine how happy I felt when I got relief from bladder pressure. How long did that happiness last?"

-- Frederick Salomon Perls

#Happiness Quotes #Long Quotes #Relief Quotes

“I spend several days at a time without enough sleep. At first, normal activities become annoying. When you are too tired to eat, you really need some sleep. A few days later, things become strange. Loud noises become louder and more startling, familiar sounds become unfamiliar, and life reinvents itself as a surrealist dream.”
“Being veterinarians, we're not supposed to be afraid of any animals. And I'm afraid of spiders. They creep me out the way they move. They got hair and saliva. That's wrong. A bug shouldn't have hair on it.”

Source : "Veterinarian Kevin Fitzgerald Plays Not My Job". "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!" with Peter Sagal, www.npr.org. August 11, 2007.
“Growing up I wasnâ€™t sure I was female. As I grew further I wanted to be a lesbian but I wasnâ€™t sure I would meet even the most basic membership criteria (though eventually I created a â€˜femme dykeâ€™ persona that worked well for over fifteen years). It wasnâ€™t until my early twenties that I was sure of at least one thing: I was an artist. Quite an accomplishment for anyone assigned female at birth in a culture that calls only male artists â€˜greatâ€™.”
“We`re looking forward to getting our monitor appointed and we`re looking forward to all of the reforms that will take place under this consent decree.”

Source : Source: www.msnbc.com
“We pass the word around; we ponder how the case is put by different people, we read the poetry; we meditate over the literature; we play the music; we change our minds; we reach an understanding. Society evolves this way, not by shouting each other down, but by the unique capacity of unique, individual human beings to comprehend each other.”

Source : Lewis Thomas (1990). “A Long Line of Cells Collected Essays”
“I just bared my soul to you and all I get is an â€˜okayâ€™?”
“Since Deacon Hollingshead's arrival in town last July the Dominion had been hard at work, cleansing New York City of moral corruption. "Corruption" is a popular word with the enthusiasts of the Dominion, usually uttered as a prelude to the knife, the docket, or the noose.”
“Good design allows things to operate more efficiently, smoothly, and comfortably for the user. That's the real source of advantage. Businesses have started to understand this, so good design will become the price of entry. ... Customers appreciate good design. While they can't necessarily point out what specifically makes it good, they know it feels better. There's a visceral connection. They are willing to pay for it, if you give them a great experience.”

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