"Many a person has been saved from summer alcoholism, not to mention hypertoxicity, by Dostoyevsky."

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Source : Roy Blount, Jr. (2013). “Now, Where Were We?”, p.250, Villard

Roy Blount, Jr.

#Summer Quotes #Dostoyevsky Quotes #Alcoholism Quotes

“There are something like 18 billion cells in the brain alone. There are no two brains alike; there are no two hands alike; there are no two human beings alike. You can take your instructions and your guidance from others, but you must find your own path.”
“I always did poetry, and [rap music is] pretty much hip-hop melody with poems.”
“I do think the standards of the media have dropped to an all-time low in terms of credibility.”
“As long as you have a director, that's your feedback. It's the director telling you, "Okay. That was great! Okay. Can we add a little? Can you tweak it like this? Can you make it more high pitched? Can you give it a little growl?"”
“Everyone knows Cristiano Ronaldo is better than Messi, not only me, but for some it's hard to recognize that.”
“A lot of people in the crowd want to be told what to do; if you just put your hands up, they do it.”
“The darkest day in life is the one in which we expect something for nothing.”
“I've accomplished everything a person can accomplish on a basketball court, but I never thought about the future when I was younger. I never made plans for the next stage in my life.”

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