"I believe that God locates himself at the spot where you recognize your own fallibility....And the paradox of it all has been that whenever I give up I seem to do better."

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Rick Moody

#Spiritual Quotes #Giving Up Quotes #Believe Quotes

“I'm a science nerd! Not a cheerleader. - Claire Danvers”
“If you're a person who complains about everything all the time, then you're just the boy who cried 'wolf.' But if you do it on occasion and about the right reasons, then people listen.”

Source : Interview with Will Harris, tv.avclub.com. July 13, 2011.
“There is some joy in weeping. For our tears Fill up the cup, then wash our pain away.”
“I gamble with one foot pointed toward the door.”

Source : Frank Scoblete (2010). “Cutting Edge Craps: Advanced Strategies for Serious Players”, p.16, Triumph Books
“The primary concern of the human animal is to avoid rejection and abandonment.”
“I hope that I am generous and tolerant, but certainly on the intellectual side I think that there are discoverable truths, and some things that are closer approximations to the truth than others.”
“I had a linguistics professor who said that it's man's ability to use language that makes him the dominant species on the planet.That may be. But I think there's one other thing that separates us from animals. We aren't afraid of vaccuum cleaners.”
“What I look for in a voice is for it to be unique. I don't really care if a singer sings well. Really, it's about emotion, or being able to sing the lyrics and actually mean it. A lot of singers sing good notes but forget about what words they use.”

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