"I measure my life out in books." "You should be measuring your life by living. Correction: you shouldn't be measuring your life. What's the point?"

-- Claire Messud

#Book Quotes #Should Quotes #Measuring Quotes

“Set aside the many competing explanations of the Big Bang; something made an entire cosmos out of nothing. It is this realization-that something transcendent started it all-which has hard-science types...using terms like 'miracle.'”

Source : "The New Convergence". www.wired.com. December 1, 2002.
“In our minds, rich is always the other person, the other family. Rich is having more than you currently have. If that is the case, you can be rich and not feel it. You can be rich and not know it.”
“Once we have the infrastructure in Africa, it should not be blocked by borders.”
“When I grew up Carl Lewis was still running, Maurice Greene was running - he was that figure I see, like Michael Johnson. I really wanted to look up to the fast guys - so those two guys were some of the guys I looked up to.”
“Today, public understanding of our past and our system of government is pitifully low.”
“Meyer lemons are a splurge, but they're so wonderful. You could make a Meyer lemon curd or a jam. You could make a salad with slices of Meyer lemon. You could make a Meyer lemon tart and top the tart with candied slices of the lemons. You could use the lemons in a salsa to go over grilled fish or in a ceviche.”

Source : Source: live.washingtonpost.com
“All great composers of the past spent most of their time studying. Feeling alone won't do the job. A man also needs technique.”
“I never really separated painting and literature.”

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