"When I am home alone I like to scatter my tackle across the floor and play with it. I may pretend I am working on it, performing preventative maintenance, but really it is playing."

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Source : Howell Raines (1994). “Fly Fishing Through the Midlife Crisis”, Anchor

Howell Raines

#Home Quotes #Play Quotes #Maintenance Quotes

“We are told that the first part of the process is to select the very smallest seeds from the smallest plants, which is not at all unlikely, but I cannot speak to the fact from my own observation.”

Source : Robert Fortune (1847). “Three Years' Wanderings in the Northern Provinces of China: Including a Visit to the Tea, Silk, and Cotton Countries; with an Account of the Agriculture and Horticulture of the Chinese, New Plants, Etc”, p.85
“...no way could I fall in love. I just couldn't go there yet. Settle for less. I didn't want to process through anything. I didn't want to pick up any pieces. Lower my expectations.”
“I'm always giving out advice. People always come to me for that.”
“The connoisseur might be defined as a laconic art historian, and the art historian as a loquacious connoisseur.”

Source : Erwin Panofsky (1955). “Meaning in the visual arts: papers in and on art history”
“Lessons learned in the home, last the longest.”
“I don't worry about gaining weight. I'm fortunate in that I've never had to worry about that. Some people eat when they are stressed. I don't eat enough.”
“I'm so thankful for the Internet because actors and singers and performers now have a way to connect with their fans on a very personal level which I think is quite special.”
“I won't give up till we surrender!”

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