"Sometimes I want to clean up my desk and go out and say, respect me, I'm a respectable grown-up, and other times I just want to jump into a paper bag and shake and bake myself to death."

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Source : Wendy Wasserstein (1978). “Uncommon Women and Others”, p.29, Dramatists Play Service Inc

Wendy Wasserstein

#Respect Quotes #Bags Quotes #Paper Quotes

“Life is not orderly. No matter how we try to make life so, right in the middle of it we die, lose a leg, fall in love, drop a jar of applesauce. In summer, we work hard to make a tidy garden, bordered by pansies with rows or clumps of columbine, petunias, bleeding hearts. Then we find ourselves longing for the forest, where everything has the appearance of disorder; yet we feel peaceful there.”

Source : Natalie Goldberg (2011). “Wild Mind: Living the Writer’s Life”, p.6, Open Road Media
“A lot of people don't know the first time I was ever on national television I was a 'Soul Train' dancer.”
“The clouds are passing by slowly as the moon appears. Like the clouds, there are certain things which will disappear with the passing of time. And when it happens, you'll realize that it wasn't any big deal.”
“Lost in much of the national debate about immigration reform is how Democrats ultimately stand to gain electorally with any legislation or executive action that would put the newly legalized residents on a path to voting.”
“I have 2 weapons; my arms, my legs and my brain.”
“I used to hate England because they ruled my country but I am happy they gave us the game of cricket, which they can't play very well, and the English language, which I can't speak very well,”
“I used to limp around my neighborhood imitating him. I did my Bar Mitzvah with an Oklahoma drawl.”
“There is no authentic goal you can set for yourself that can't be reached, no dream that can't be realized. It's just a matter of learning HOW to achieve what you want.”

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