"The rare, delicate flavor of a life after retiring in one's sixties, whatever one has "retired" from, the pleasure I experienced beyond my job at Columbia, is a gift of life in the last decades. but it is not easily learned. . . . But sometimes, the only way to live is to get out, or at least seriously to contemplate getting out, doing the impossible,flinging the conventional tea."

-- Carolyn Heilbrun

#Jobs Quotes #Tea Quotes #Flavor Quotes

“You feel vulnerable when you hear things that are not being said”
“Every ounce of my cynicism is supported by historical precedent.”

Source : Glen Cook (2008). “The Books of the South: Tales of the Black Company”, p.55, Macmillan
“The Dewey decimal system really works. So that's all I needed to know. Elementary school taught me that.”
“Philosophy is based on speculation, on logic, on thought, on the synthesis of what we know and on the analysis of what we do not know. Philosophy must include within its confines the whole content of science, religion and art.”
“Our plans never turn out as tasty as reality.”
“I am determined to seek self-sufficiency in energy as an urgent national priority. My goal is to make America independent of foreign energy sources by 1985.”
“Nourishment means a quality of life; consistency in the way we treat ourselves.”
“Life is meant for living.. I know that sounds simplistic, but how many days do you let slip by without really doing something, accomplishing something, making a life change, a lifestyle change?”

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