"Once, I was a master at recycling leftovers. Now I cultivate the art of simmering memories."

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Source : Jean-Dominique Bauby (2008). “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly”, p.36, Knopf Group E-Books

Jean-Dominique Bauby

#Art Quotes #Memories Quotes #Leftovers Quotes

“Your heartbreak is just another version of the same old story.”
“We are able to persevere only because God works within us, within our free wills. And because God is at work in us, we are certain to persevere. The decrees of God concerning election are immutable. They do not change, because He does not change. All whom He justifies He glorifies. None of the elect has ever been lost.”
“The only thing certain about any negotiation is that it will lead to another negotiation .”
“The 'enemy' in golf is tension.”
“Genius and virtue are to be more often found clothed in gray than in peacock bright.”
“If they are not an advanced race from the future, are we dealing instead with a parallel universe, another dimension where there are other human races living, and where we may go at our expense, never to return to the present? From that mysterious universe, are higher beings projecting objects that can materialize and dematerialize at will? Are UFOS "windows" rather than "objects"?”
“The world would be a safer place, If someone had a plan, Before exploring outer space, To find the inner man.”
“The supportive care that we're able to provide in the United States is so much better, so much more sophisticated, than what's available in West Africa. ... So we can move that needle of survival way down. Even Doctors Without Borders in West Africa are moving the fatality rate from 50 percent down to 30 percent-I bet we can do substantially better than that here.”

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