"What is called genius is the abundance of life and health."

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Henry David Thoreau

#Inspirational Quotes #Life Quotes #Health Quotes

“If we are what we eat, why aren't we new, improved, fat-free, and light.”
“Generosity should begin lightly and deepen later, fro when it is first rich and then lessens, people forget the kindness. Authority should begin strictly and loosen up later, for if it is loose first and then strict, people will resent the severity.”
“I think I would have taken a (expletive) load of Advil.”
“I'm not so much in the future as always in the present. The future always takes care of itself. What I do now with my video camera, it can only record what is happening now. I am celebrating reality and the essence of the moment. And that's the greatest challenge that I have.”

Source : "Jonas Mekas: Anthology Film Archives". Interview with Terence Teh, www.dazeddigital.com. April 27, 2011.
“It seems likely that many of the young who don't wait for others to call them artists, but simply announce that they are, don't have the patience to make art.”
“The easier you can make it inside your head, the easier it will make things outside your head.”
“One of the greatest obstacles to escaping poverty is the staggering cost of higher education.”

Source : "Breaking the Cycle of Childhood Poverty" by Chris Van Hollen, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 3, 2012.
“For however inhospitable the wind, from this vantage point Manhattan was simply so improbable, so wonderful, so obviously full of promise - that you wanted to approach it for the rest of your life without ever quite arriving.”

Source : Amor Towles (2011). “Rules of Civility: A Novel”, p.229, Penguin

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