"Perhaps the price of comfort is that life passes more rapidly. But for anyone who has lived in uneasiness, even for a short, memorable duration, it's a trade-off that will gladly be made."

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Source : Arthur Nersesian (2009). “The Fuck Up”, p.4, Simon and Schuster

Arthur Nersesian

#Memorable Quotes #Comfort Quotes #Duration Quotes

“Sometimes you have to bend with the breeze or you break.”
“What compels any of us to do the things we do when deep down a part of us just wants to break free from it all?”
“The regular things in my life now - training sessions and playing matches - will all fall away. That will leave a big empty space and it will need to be filled”

Source : "Dennis Bergkamp" by Donald McRae, www.theguardian.com. April 18, 2004.
“When I am asked how I began writing poems, I talk about the indifference of nature.”
“In a universe of love there can be no heaven which tolerates a chamber of horrors.”
“A: The soul wanders in the dark, until it finds love. And so, wherever our love goes, there we find our soul. Q: It always happens? A: If we're lucky. And if we let ourselves be blind. Q: Instead of watching out? A: Instead of always watching out.”

Source : Mary Zimmerman, David R. Slavitt (2002). “Metamorphoses: A Play”, p.76, Northwestern University Press
“It's a question of spreading the available energy, aerobic and anaerobic, evenly over four minutes. If you run one part too fast, you pay a price. If you run another part more slowly your overall time is slower.”

Source : "Breaking the Four-Minute Mile". The Academy of Achievement Interview in Dublin, Ireland, www.achievement.org. June 7, 2002.
“Pitching was about fooling people, manipulating them, making them believe in something that ultimately wasn't there. Great pitching was great lying.”

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