"I have worked really hard to defy categorization, to break down a taxonomy whenever it comes my way."

-- Rick Moody

#Taxonomy Quotes #Way Quotes #Breaking Down Quotes

“All of this high-tech stuff is supposed to set us free and make life easier. To me, it makes it more difficult and demanding.”
“Just imagine living in a world without mirrors. You'd dream about your face and imagine it as an outer reflection of what is inside you. And then, when you reached forty, someone put a mirror before you for the first time in your life. Imagine your fright! You'd see the face of a stranger. And you'd know quite clearly what you are unable to grasp: your face is not you.”
“We can't all come and go by Bubble!”

Source : "Fictional character: Elphaba Thropp". Broadway musical "Wicked", May 28, 2003.
“Even when the universe made it quite clear to me that I was mistaken in my certainties ... I did not break. The shattering of my sureties did not shatter me.”
“People call me an optimist, but I'm really an appreciator ... years ago, I was cured of a badly infected finger with antibiotics when once my doctor could have recommended only a hot water soak or, eventually, surgery.... When I was six years old and had scarlet fever, the first of the miracle drugs, sulfanilamide, saved my life. I'm grateful for computers and photocopiers ... I appreciate where we've come from.”
“The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.”
“Eugenics was central to the entire Nazi enterprise, joined with romantic nativist and racist myths of the pure-bred Nordic. The emphasis on 'blood' called for a purifying of the nation's gene pool, so that Germans could regain the nobility and greatness of their genetically pure forebears.”
“I love sea salt spray but I hate being salty from the ocean, so I'll always shower after surfing, shampoo and condition my hair and then put in the salt spray. It's sort of a reverse cycle, but I just can't do the natural sea salt - it just feels too crunchy to go out with.”

Source : Source: www.harpersbazaar.com

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