"Claudia knew that she could never pull off the old-fashioned kind of running away. That is, running away in the heat of anger with a knapsack on her pack. She didn't like discomfort; even picnics were untidy and inconvenient: all those insects and the sun melting the icing on the cupcakes. Therefore, she decided that her leaving home would not be just running from somewhere but would be running to somewhere."

-- E. L. Konigsburg

#Running Quotes #Home Quotes #Cupcakes Quotes

“Everybody dies, Sally. The thing is to die well.”
“As to the Seven Deadly Sins, I deplore Pride, Wrath, Lust, Envy and Greed. Gluttony and Sloth I pretty much plan my day around.”
“And, I believe that if a man dies with a single penny still sitting in the bank, he's a fool.”

Source : Interview with John Scott Lewinski, www.askmen.com.
“The present level of armaments could be taken as the starting point. It could be stipulated in an international treaty that these armaments should be simultaneously and uniformly reduced by a certain proportion in all countries.”
“Adaptation is a vital part of a response to the challenge of climate change”

Source : Nicholas Stern (2007). “The Economics of Climate Change: The Stern Review”, p.601, Cambridge University Press
“PW spent time with Sigel in a New York recording studio shortly before he went away on his federal gun possession charge. He paged through a book of promotional photos of himself, one of which was shot shortly after 911. It featured him holding a copy of the Bible upright in one palm while the Koran rose from the other the Twin Towers. Some of the record company people, they wouldn't let me put this out, ... They said it would be too controversial. But this picture is saying 'Look, they can stand together. Don't have to be no fight.'”
“I still dream that it was you. No matter how many times I've looked, in my dreams it's always been you who were meant to be my queen.”
“Car designers are just going to have to come up with an automobile that outlasts the payments.”

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