"In everyday life there is always manana. There is no urgency"

-- Mark Spitz

#Everyday Quotes #Everyday Life Quotes #Urgency Quotes

“I don't know what's more embarrassing in this country, that Michael Phelps fell from the graces for smoking ***** or that you looked up to a swimmer in the first place?”
“I'm always shocked by that! I'm not the singer, I'm the songwriter who sings.”
“The feeling of Sunday is the same everywhere, heavy, melancholy, standing still.”

Source : Voyage in the Dark (1934) ch. 4, pt. 1
“Who could have asked for anything better? I was cast in movies with great actors, with great leading men.”
“We need to take responsibility for the effect of our environment on our nervous systems, and particularly the nervous systems of our children. No wonder so many of them are diagnosed with all the stuff they're diagnosed with today. Modern technology is a blessing to be sure, but it's also a curse if we allow it to pull us out of our spiritual center. A 24 hour electronic onslaught comes at the expense of our deep humanity and our deepest relationships.”
“I'm amazed at how adventurous and how dangerous the music was, and still is. I haven't heard anything like it since. I'm quite surprised, because a lot of the music on there we never heard at the time.”
“Just just because there are flaws in aircraft design that doesn't mean flying carpets exist.”
“I live for art. I love entertaining people, making them smile and think. I love to know that a little piece of what they see, read or what they listen to is something that they can think about or see the world in a different way. Art is never-ending and Iâ€™d like to leave something that survives me when Iâ€™ll die.”

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