"Anyone who doubts that caffeine is a drug should read some of the prose composed under its influence."

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Source : Anne Fadiman (2008). “At Large and At Small: Familiar Essays”, p.171, Macmillan

Anne Fadiman

#Drug Quotes #Doubt Quotes #Influence Quotes

“I am made for running. Because when you run, you could be anyone. You hone yourself into a body, nothing more or less than a body. You respond as a body, to the body. If you are racing to win, you have no thoughts but the body's thoughts, no goals but the body's goals. You obliterate yourself in the name of speed. You negate yourself in order to make it past the finish line.”
“Why would I want to help them (the T -Wolves) win a title? They're not doing anything for me. I'm at risk. I have a lot of risk here. I got my family to feed.”
“Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without deserving.”
“I didn't have any agent; I've never had an agent.”
“Most people don't know what they're talking about. They move their mouth and say things because they don't want to admit they don't know. Or they think they know, but it's just confabulation and biases. So ignore them unless what they say resonates with some real wisdom inside of you. Assume they're a fool and find out the truth for yourself.”
“Somehow the image begins to have a sort of memory in it, even if you can't see it. It can build up a dense feeling toward the end, and then it makes me happier.”
“The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.”
“The road to success is through commitment.”

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