"Can the life of the time be caught in an advertisement? Is that how it is, really, in the meadows of the world?"

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Donald Barthelme

#World Quotes #Advertising Quotes #Meadows Quotes

“Seek that which within lies waiting to begin the fight of your life that is everyday.”
“I don't know where the money would come from, I don't have that answer, but I've been wanting to do something for music education for a long time as it's a big part of not only our band but my whole life.”
“Dogs are great teachers. They are at home in the world. They live in the moment, and they force us to stay there with them. Dogs love us unconditionally, not for our bodies or bank accounts.”
“I've dated the sweet mama's boy, the musician rocker, the struggling artist - basically a lot of people without jobs.”
“Practice can be stated very simply. It is moving from a life of hurting myself and others to a life of not hurting myself and others. That seems so simple-except when we substitute for real practice some idea that we should be different or better than we are, or that our lives should be different from the way they are. When we substitute our ideas about what should be (such notions as "I should not be angry or confused or unwilling") for our life as it truly is, then we're off base and our practice is barren.”
“My limits will be better marked. Both the limits I will set, and my own limits.”
“I have been underestimated for decades. I've done very well that way.”
“It is always important in matters of high politics to know what you do not know. Those who think that they know, but are mistaken, and act upon their mistakes, are the most dangerous people to have in charge.”

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