"I always got my work done before playing."

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Source : Interview with Paul Schienberg, psychedonline.com. July 1, 2002.

Edwin Moses

“I look upon another's insistence on the merits of his or her life - duties, intellect, accomplishment - and see that most of it is nonsense.”
“I also believed that our public at home would be strong enough to survive even the present crisis.”

Source : Paul von Hindenburg (1921). “Out of My Life”
“The power of daring anything their fancy suggest, as always been conceded to the painter and the poet.”
“Today, many people are coming to America from very unstable situations. A hundred years ago, people came to America because they wanted to be Americans.”

Source : Source: www.npr.org
“I was sold on flying as soon as I had a taste for it.”
“I'm insanely optimistic. For odd, weird reasons, things always work out.”
“A president either is constantly on top of events or, if he hesitates, events will soon be on top of him. I never felt that I could let up for a moment.”
“In February, the overcast sky isnâ€™t gloomy so much as neutral and vague. Itâ€™s a significant factor in the common experience of depression among the locals. The snow crunches under your boots and clings to your trousers, to the cuffs, and once youâ€™re inside, the snow clings to you psyche, and eventually you have to go to the doctor. The past soaks into you in this weather because the present is missing almost entirely.”

Source : Charles Baxter (2009). “The Feast of Love”, p.248, Vintage

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