"The quotation-business is booming. No subdivision of the culture seems too narrow to have a quotation book of its own.... It would be an understatement to say that these books lean on one another. To compare them is to stroll through a glorious jungle of incestuous mutual plagiarism."

-- James Gleick

#Book Quotes #Would Be Quotes #Culture Quotes

“I hate New Year's Eve. One more chance to remember that you haven't yet done what you wanted. And to pretend it doesn't matter.”
“I had stopped painting around 2000, which I guess was when the music thing started getting pretty busy. I just didn't have enough time to pursue it properly.”

Source : "Lambchop". Interview With Stephen M. Deusner, pitchfork.com. October 7, 2008.
“When we recognize that the seemingly object nature of reality is nothing different than the subject nature of mind, which is rigpa, it is called enlightenment.”

Source : The Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche (2006). “Penetrating Wisdom: The Aspiration of Samantabhadra”, p.54, Shambhala
“How to Commit the Perfect Murder" was an old game in heaven. I always chose the icicle: the weapon melts away.”

Source : Alice Sebold (2014). “The Lovely Bones: Picador Classic”, p.93, Pan Macmillan
“Comedy was something I picked up trying to perfect my art through spoken word. I got on YouTube just to show off my poetry, and then people thought I was funny, so I ran with it.”
“The purpose of a spiritual path or religion is to provide a precise and believable way into what seems unbelievable.”
“The American people intuitively understand this, which is why the majority of Catholics practice birth control and some of those opposed to gay marriage nevertheless are opposed to a Constitutional amendment to ban it. Religious leadership need not accept such wisdom in counseling their flocks, but they should recognize this wisdom in their politics.”
“I knew that I was choosing the road less traveled but I'm not walking it alone.”

Source : Twitter post from Apr 29, 2013

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