"When you write you in a way write out of what you think of as your best self, the part of you that is lacking in foibles and weaknesses and egotism and vanities and so on. You're just trying to really say something as truthful as you can out of the best that you have in you."

-- Salman Rushdie

#Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Vanity Quotes

“Science is the one human activity that is truly progressive. The body of positive knowledge is transmitted from generation to generation.”
“When you can, always advise people to do what you see they really want to do. Doing what they want to do, they may succeed; doing what they don't want to do, they won't”
“I have met guys who work the overnight shift at 7-11, selling Slurpees and Camels to insomniacs who have more introspection than a lot of people in the mainstream media.”

Source : Interview with Jed Babbin, humanevents.com. February 2, 2009.
“However many and however great and burdensome your sins may be, with God there is greater mercy. Just as His majesty is, so likewise is His mercy.”
“Tis said, fantastic ocean doth enfold The likeness of whate'er on land is seen.”
“He used both hands when he made the bear. Imagine a bear proceeding from the hands of God.”
“Celebrity sells dearly what we think she gives.”
“The life that I live and the experiences that I have always affect what comes out of me creatively. I think that's what makes music real.”

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