"I'm not going to / let a little thing like the world stand in my way. / Why should I? I understand it / as much as I understand penguins / and I still go to the zoo."

-- Matthew Dickman

#Zoos Quotes #World Quotes #Littles Quotes

“Obviously after such a long gap, one itches to get back to the game and score big runs.”
“[On Elizabeth Barrett Browning:] Her sweetness of character is even beyond her genius.”
“Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers. You can fill your life up with ideas and still go home lonely. All you really have that really matters are feelings. That's what music is to me.â€ â€“ Janis Joplin”
“I grew up in a farming family. I hated cleaning out the chickens but loved hatching them and feeding the new born sheep. The smell of hot milk still has a special resonance for me. Harvest was back-breaking work, though... Where do you think Jesus got his biceps from?”
“Most men, no matter how well or badly dressed, carry overstuffed, beat up wallets that should have been replaced years ago. Why is that? Every time I see a guy take out a wallet anywhere, it looks like a piece of old melted chocolate cake-with strings.”
“I've never been a social person. When I grew up, the other girls would all be combing their hair and exchanging lipstick, and I just couldn't do that group thing.”
“It was important that people come to value light as we value gold, silver, paintings, objects.”
“Once I decided football was the way for me, there was no looking back. Nothing was going to distract me.”

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