"She saw through the shell of me into the center of me"

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Jonathan Safran Foer

#Shells Quotes #Saws Quotes

“When I broke into music journalism it wasn't easy but there was more of an established path. I wanted and was able to have a grown-up person's job with a real salary writing for a fairly sizable audience about stuff I cared about. When you're starting out, you try to get as much experience as you can so people will see your work, and maybe start giving you the assignments you want, and paying you (hopefully both). And if you're lucky you land someplace where you can stay for a while. But today that's a trickier trajectory to envision.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“Think about your goals and review them daily. Every morning when you begin, take action on the most important task you can accomplish to achieve your most important goal at the moment.”
“Rid yourself of the old myth, if it has been plaguing you, that money is not important. It is important - vitally important! It is just as important as the food it buys, the shelter it provides, the doctor bills it pays, and the education it helps to procure.”

Source : Venita VanCaspel (1978). “The new money dynamics”, Simon & Schuster
“I think Apple's revenge is just the fact that Windows, you know, PCs all became Macintoshes in a way.”
“People are going to die who don't die in the books, so even the book readers will be unhappy. So everybody better be on their toes. David and D.B. (David Benioff and D.B. Weiss co-creators of 'Game Of Thrones) are even bloodier than I am.”
“I can imagine few things more trying to the patience than the long wasted days of waiting.”

Source : Robert Falcon Scott (2012). “Scott's Last Expedition: Diaries, 26 November 1910 - 29 March 1912”, p.62, Amberley Publishing Limited
“'Contract' succeeded 'status' as the basic organising principle in modern political vs. ancient society.”
“Being a child is horrible. It is slightly better than being a tree or a piece of heavy machinery but not half as good as being a domestic cat.”

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