"[Travel seems] not just a way of having a good time, but something that every self-respecting citizen ought to undertake, like a high-fiber diet, say, or a deodorant."

-- Jan Morris

#Self Quotes #Citizens Quotes #Deodorant Quotes

“If there's one thing I really love... it's sad music.”
“We both liked children; we just didn't want any ourselves. There were children everywhere, and we saw no reason to start our own brand. Young couples plunge into parenthood and about half the time they end up with some ghastly problem on their hands. We thought we'd leave that to others.”

Source : Thomas McGuane (2015). “Crow Fair: Stories”, p.82, Vintage
“The poet alone knows astronomy, chemistry, vegetation, and animation, for he does not stop at these facts, but employs them as signs. He knows why the plain, or meadow of space, was strown with these flowers we call suns, and moons, and stars; why the deep is adorned with animals, with men, and gods; for, in every word he speaks he rides on them as the horses of thought.”
“Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.”

Source : George Iles (1918). “Canadian Stories”
“Show me a person who never made a mistake, and I will show you a person who never did anything.”

Source : William Rosenberg, Jessica Brilliant Keener (2001). “Time to Make the Donuts”, Lebhar-Friedman
“I found climbing to be a very tactile sport. There's no ball that is zipping through the air ready to crack you in the head. It is just you and the rock base.”

Source : Source: www.afb.org
“I know people I feel are extremely talented, but I don't know that I've ever heard any geniuses.”
“Music education is very important. I think that for me growing up, I was disciplined very hard at home.”

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