"Life begins at forty, but so does arthritis, and the habit of telling the same story three times to the same person."

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Source : Sam Levenson (2016). “You Don't Have to Be in Who's Who to Know What's What: The Choice Wit and Wisdom of Sam Levenson”, p.87, Open Road Media

Sam Levenson

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“The only way to find out if you can write is to set aside a certain period every day and try. Save enough money to give yourself six months to be a full-time writer. Work every day and the pages will pile up.”
“Having a birthday cake squashed into your face by young kids? Delicious. I always don a Santa suit at Christmas. Remaining childish is a tremendous state of innocence.”
“...start thinking of yourself as an artist and your life as a work-in-progress. Works-in-progress are never perfect. But changes can be made...Art evolves. So does life. Art is never stagnant. Neither is life. The beautiful, authentic life you are creating for yourself is your art. It's the highest art.”
“If you think about yourself then you've lost sight of the ball.”
“Why a tender curb upon the youthful burning boy? Why a little curtain of flesh on the bed of our desire?”
“You know what Andy Warhol's sole contribution to this country has been? He made Campbell's Soup a household word.”
“Stargazing is one of the most profoundly human things one can do. But perhaps we must more frequently tear ourselves away from the mystery and beauty of the starry heavens above, and rather inspect, admire and foster the moral law within.”
“It is the responsibility of people like me and people who believe in the true Islam to stand up and say, that blasphemy is not punishable by death.”

Source : Source: www.foxnews.com

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