"I think each family has a funhouse logic all its own, and in that distortion,in that delusion, all behavior can seem both perfectly normal and crazy."

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Source : Darin Strauss (2011). “Half a Life: A Memoir”, p.101, Random House

Darin Strauss

#Crazy Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Normal Quotes

“When I left the theatre and turned to writing, one of the big pulls was that, unlike the theatre, I didn't have to wait to be hired before I could do my art. That was huge. But you still have to figure out how to support your habit; it's rare and lucky when art pays the bills.”

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“Without pay, no human being will work up to their ability if he or she is not cared for and respected.”
“Tremendous happiness and peace of mind are the results of loving service to others. Nobody can live fully and happily who lives only unto himself or herself.”
“There's no photo-shoot academy. If there was, I'd probably be kicked out.”
“No sort of defense is needed for preaching outdoors, but it would take a very strong argument to prove that a man who has never preached beyond the walls of his meetinghouse has done his duty. A defense is required for services within buildings rather than for worship outside of them.”
“I like me food. I also don't like me exercising. It's something me don't do very well. But it's something I've got to get into.”
“Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind; it is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees; it is a matter of the will, quality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions; it is the freshness of the deep springs of life.”

Source : "Youth". Essay by Samuel Ullman, www.beliefnet.com. 1920.
“I live by Edith Whartons rule to get rid of anything neither useful nor beautiful. So I put the TV out on the street.”

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