"As a piece of writing, The Elementary Particles feels like a bad, self-conscious pastiche of Camus, Foucault and Bret Easton Ellis. And as a philosophical tract, it evinces a fiercely nihilistic, anti-humanistic vision built upon gross generalizations and ridiculously phony logic. It is a deeply repugnant read."

-- Michiko Kakutani

#Philosophical Quotes #Writing Quotes #Self Quotes

“Work hard and believe in yourself even when nobody else believes in you.”

Source : Twitter post from Jun 8, 2017
“I have a love-hate relationship with the Grammys because I don't see the music world as a competitive sport.”
“I'm washing lettuce. Soon, I'll be on fries. In a few years, I'll make assistant manager, and that's when the big bucks start rolling in.”
“Being a mom is hard, I think a lot of working moms feel that way.”
“I think that the project of being alive is to be alive. So there will always be twists and turns and steps forward and steps back, but that's just your life. There is no sort of place at which to arrive, and I think that the more one focuses on an end point, the harder it is to get there. It's like the horizon, sort of ever receding, ever receding, ever receding.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“I'm inspired by people who are really deliberate and careful with their lives, and people who are kind. And of course I'm inspired by people who work hard and don't complain about it. I myself work hard but sometimes, I admit, I do complain.”
“How about you hate your sin, and I'll hate my sin and we'll just love each other!”
“The first part of my career was indeed as a performer and recording artist, and I am still keenly involved with both. While rummaging around in the British Library, I found many delightful and interesting compositions by 18th-century men and women composers.”

Source : Source: www.barbaraharbach.com

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