"Stand for people. Not a product or service or metric or number. If we stand for real, living, breathing people, we will change the world."

-- Simon Sinek

#Real Quotes #Breathing Quotes #Numbers Quotes

“I don't have hard numbers about this, but the impression I get is that the amount of eyeballs you get from being on the humor shelf at Barnes & Noble - it is almost insignificant.”
“A healthy body attends to the pain of the weakest part.”
“Shudder, in fact, is not quite the word for the feeling. Feeling is not quite the word for the feeling. How's bathing at knifepoint in the phlegm of the dead? Is that a feeling?”

Source : Sam Lipsyte (2005). “Home Land: A Novel”, p.13, Macmillan
“A person can learn a lot from a dog, even a loopy one like ours. Marley taught me about living each day with unbridled exuberance and joy, about seizing the moment and following your heart. He taught me to appreciate the simple things-a walk in the woods, a fresh snowfall, a nap in a shaft of winter sunlight. And as he grew old and achy, he taught me about optimism in the face of adversity. Mostly, he taught me about friendship and selflessness and, above all else, unwavering loyalty.”

Source : John Grogan (2010). “Bad Dogs Have More Fun: Selected Writings on Family, Animals, and Life from the Philadelphia Inquirer”, p.83, ReadHowYouWant.com
“Whenever I do get to look out, it is glorious. Even the stars have a special brightness.”
“I think the films and the paintings erase each other. The paintings are extremely slow and constantly going on in the studio - they're constantly regenerating themselves in this slow, monotonous way that's a physical struggle and can be a pain in the ass. They're all based on very specific math and diagrams. And the films, when I'm making them, are very fast, very collaborative, with a lot of improvisation.”
“I don't go around, the way many musicians do, with earbuds in my ear listening to my iPod all day and just sticking my head in the music all the time.”
“For me, itâ€™s about not being too aware of what you look like because if you are, youâ€™re trying too hard and I donâ€™t think that actually makes you look good. Iâ€™ve known from very early on that I donâ€™t look perfect.”

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