"There is such a thing as too much couth."

-- S. J. Perelman

#Civilization Quotes #Too Much Quotes

“At the end of October I started doing a bit more swimming and learning how to swim properly, because I hadn't really done it since I was at school. Then I really accelerated in December and for the whole of January's I've been doing at least one thing a day - normally a swim and a cycle, or a swim and a run, every single day.”

Source : "Greg James' Gregathlon for Sport Relief". Interview with Stephanie Soh, in.askmen.com.
“We are like chameleons, we take our hue and the color of our moral character, from those who are around us.”
“In abstract mathematics or abstract art, the purpose is to describe inner states of our mind, and to explore the limits of our own imagination and our capacity for creativity. While this has some applications in the world, I think it leads to a distance from the world. Going to Congo was for me an act of seeking proximity, of breaking that distance. With abstraction, which is brilliant and vain, you divorce yourself from any kind of proximity to other people.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“Through my own struggles with depression, I discovered that knowledge, therapy, medication and education can provide the strength to get through it in one piece.”

Source : "The Struggle to Overcome Depression" by Susan Polis Schutz, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 14, 2010.
“Man can only become what he is able to consciously imagine, or to 'image forth'.”
“We take a dash of sexiness, a dash of spice, and blend it in with awesomeness and glory. Then we dance.”
“When I perform, I lose myself. I'm in total control of that stage. I don't think about anything. I know what I want to do from the moment I step out there and I love every minute of it.”
“The fish in the water that is thirsty needs serious professional counseling”

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