"Tanya Ward Goodman, writing with a big heart, clear eyes, and a light touch, allows us a privileged glimpse into the shabby, enchanted world of traveling carnivals, roadside attractions, and a beloved, eccentric fatherâ€™s descent into Alzheimers. Just as her dad animated the handcarved, miniature western world of Tinkertown from coat hangers, inner tubes and old sewing machine motors, Tanya Ward Goodman has fashioned her complex and often hilarious memories into a beguiling, wry, and moving work of art."

-- Michelle Huneven

#Art Quotes #Memories Quotes #Dad Quotes

“Advertisers, not governments, are the primary censors of media content in the United States today.”

Source : C. Edwin Baker (2014). “Advertising and a Democratic Press”, p.99, Princeton University Press
“When I look back at the world championships, I know there's a lot of room for improvement, I'm always up for a challenge. The Olympics, they don't define me, I've had some good and some bad. But it's all about the Olympic experience.”
“Spring is strictly sentimental, self-regarding; but I burn more careless in the autumn bonfire.”
“Actually, the true gourmet, like the true artist, is one of the unhappiest creatures existent. His trouble comes from so seldom finding what he constantly seeks: perfection.”

Source : Ludwig Bemelmans (1964). “La bonne table”
“The still small voice of gratitude.”
“A moral choice in its basic terms appears to be a choice that favors survival: a choice made in favor of life.”
“Disaster beats stasis. Better a rolling stone than a moss-covered rock...”

Source : Evan Harris (1996). “The Quit”, Fireside
“When you're in [ Bahamas], it feels like a bunch of islands, with keys and things like that. It's an existential archipelago. It's funny, you try to escape who you are and where you're from, but it's always part of your social DNA.”

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