"Crazy people made him crazy. It was as if he personally resented them giving into madness - in part, because he so frequently labored to behave sanely. When some people gave up the labor of sanity, or failed at it, Garp suspected them of not trying hard enough."

-- John Irving

#Crazy Quotes #People Quotes #Giving Quotes

“There has been much talk referencing what I consider conceptual reports like the Landscape of Choice and documents created as a result of the Great Valley Center.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“A lot of comedians, when they have a bad gig, will blame everything but themselves. They'll blame the crowd, or the room was wrong, it had a weird vibe, or the promoter promoted a weird atmosphere.”
“I make a good living doing what I do.”
“To be alive is to be addicted, and to be alive and addicted is to stand in need of grace.”

Source : Gerald G. May (2009). “Addiction and Grace: Love and Spirituality in the Healing of Addictions”, p.16, Harper Collins
“The rainforests hold answers to questions we have yet to ask.”

Source : "What's Disappearing From the Amazon - Even Faster Than Wildlife?". TED Radio Hour episode Finite, www.wfdd.org. July 17, 2015.
“I have no romantic feelings about age. Either you are interesting at any age or you are not. There is nothing particularly interesting about being old - or being young, for that matter.”
“If I know I'm going to be in a little different system, I'm 39, I can plan for that; we can plan for that. Doing nothing, the status quo, is going to guarantee cuts for current seniors... reforming the system is the only way you shore it up.”
“Your mind is totally controlled, it has been stuffed into my mold. And you will do as you are told, until the rights to you are sold.”

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