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Paul F. Tompkins

"I didn't want to have to call a cab if I went to the supermarket. So I eventually got a bike, just a beach cruiser, and I rode that thing all over town. I rode it everywhere. I rode it in the rain, I rode it as much as I possibly could. Anytime I could afford the independence of the bike, I used the bike."

Source : "Paul F. Tompkins on how and why he spent 25 years without a driver's license". Interview with Marah Eakin, www.avclub.com. October 10, 2015.

Paul F. Tompkins

#Beach Quotes #Rain Quotes #Independence Quotes

“Loving yourself has nothing to do with being selfish, self-centered or self-engrossed. It means that you accept yourself for what you are. Loving yourself means that you accept responsibility for your own development, growth and happiness.”
“My preferred environment is by the sea or somewhere rural. I don't want to be in a city, I don't want to visit New York and I don't want to go shopping.”
“I'll admit that I'm not quite certain how to sum up an entire year in music anymore; not when music has become so temporal, so specific and personal, as if we each have our own weather system and what we listen to is our individual forecast.”
“Our actions are guaranteed to affect others. Because we are not alone in this world, much of our learning about ourselves comes from our interaction with others. Our relationships are our teachers. We learn from each other.”

Source : Dr. Tae Yun Kim (2011). “Seven Steps to Inner Power”, p.47, Jung SuWon
“His passions make man live, his wisdom merely makes him last.”
“It is my impression that 'pain-killing' drugs improve the patient's mood rather than take away the pain.”
“The true worth of a man is not to be found in man himself, but in the colours and textures that come alive in others.”
“I do know that living in the past only messes up your present”

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