"We often need to lose sight of our priorities in order to see them."

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Source : John Irving (1996). “Trying to Save Piggy Sneed”, p.340, Arcade Publishing

John Irving

#Sight Quotes #Order Quotes #Perspective Quotes

“The evidence that folic acid reduces the risk of heart disease is pretty strong. [...] And fruits and vegetables are a major source of folic acid.”
“As Beckett said, it's not enough to die, one has to be forgotten as well.”

Source : Interview with Geoff Andrew, www.theguardian.com. April 27, 2000.
“Can mortal prayers ensure immortal happiness?”

Source : Sophia Lee (2015). “The Recess”, p.128, University Press of Kentucky
“The changing styles are the expression of a restless search for something which shall commend itself to our aesthetic sense; but as each innovation is subject to the selective action of the norm of conspicuous waste, the range within which innovation can take place is somewhat restricted. The innovation must not only be more beautiful, or perhaps oftener less offensive, than that which it displaces, but it must also come up to the accepted standard of expensiveness.”
“We all suffer from dreams”
“If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one.”
“When there's uncertainty they always think there's another shoe to fall. There is no other shoe to fall.”
“It is really a hard life. Men will not be nice to you if you are not good-looking, and women will not be nice to you if you are.”

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