"It is the first experience you ever had of reading a decent poem: 'Oh, somebody else is lonely, too!"

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Source : Mary Ruefle (2012). “Madness, Rack, and Honey: Collected Lectures”, p.95, Wave Books

Mary Ruefle

#Lonely Quotes #Reading Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“The Japanese people are usually very prudent, even when they are convinced change is necessary.”

Source : "Carlos Ghosn: What Japan Needs Is a Vision". Interview with Joyce Barnathan, www.bloomberg.com. December 16, 2002.
“Never start a company with the goal of getting rich. Your goal should be making something you believe in and making a company that will last.”
“I had a band called the Sound Of Love and that was R&B songs about girls in my high school. I played in some other indie bands who were trying to make it big; those sucked. Then I started Makeout Videotape and that was that.”
“We know the only way to reimagine our government is to reimagine who is leading it,”
“Successful gardening is not necessarily a question of wealth, it is a question of love, taste, and knowledge.”
“Buddha left a road map, Jesus left a road map, Krishna left a road map, Rand McNally left a road map. But you still have to travel the road yourself”

Source : Stephen Levine, Ondrea Levine (2012). “Who Dies?: An Investigation of Conscious Living and Conscious Dying”, p.18, Anchor
“We're newspaper junkies; I can't imagine life without a newspaper.”

Source : "FIVE QUESTIONS FOR . . . / Ben Bradlee and Sally Quinn / Journalism heroes turn focus to aging". Interview with Paul Wilner, www.sfgate.com. May 15, 2005.
“The Democrats seem to be basically nicer people, but they have demonstrated time and again that they have the management skills of celery. They're the kind of people who'd stop to help you change a flat, but would somehow manage to set your car on fire. I would be reluctant to entrust them with a Cuisinart, let alone the economy. The Republicans, on the other hand, would know how to fix your tire, but they wouldn't bother to stop because they'd want to be on time for Ugly Pants Night at the country club”

Source : Dave Barry (2010). “Dave Barry Turns Forty”, p.124, Ballantine Books

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