"The cult of productivity has its place, but worshipping at its altar daily robs us of the very capacity for joy and wonder that makes life worth living . . ."

-- Maria Popova

#Joy Quotes #Wonder Quotes #Capacity Quotes

“But I always curl my lashes, even if I don't put on mascara. I'll also put on a lip gloss or lip balm. And I always brush my eyebrows. I have very thick eyebrows - I'm just now starting to thin them out a bit.”
“Love is like a virus. It can happen to anybody at any time.”
“Disease is a disturbed condition, not a thing or entity.”
“The present moment is ever the critical time. The future is merely for intelligent forethought.”

Source : Robert Barr (2016). “The Triumphs of Eugene Valmont”, p.44, Oldcastle Books
“Steve Martin said that philosophy is good for comedy because it screws up your thinking just enough, and I agree with that. Being forced to see life's metadata is good training for looking for interesting angles on a topic.”
“To trust other people to keep you safe, it's very difficult ... But when Tom Cruise is there, you just expect that he'll save you. I was like, "Tom. You're Tom Cruise. It's your job to save the day. And the day is me. You need to save it. If I panic, I expect you to be down there."”

Source : Source: www.mtv.com
“I have been given permission to announce that I and others from All My Children have been approached by the company Prospect Park, who bought AMC, with the intention to move it online.”
“It is the mass dream of inverted self, populous with fears overt and secret, that forms the continuous but gossamer thread upon which are strung as phantom beads all civilizations from the remotest past of record to that of the present day and hour.”

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