"The last generation's worst fears became the next one's B-grade entertainment."

-- Barbara Kingsolver

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“I suggest taking the high road and have a little sence of humour and let things roll off your back. I think that's very important.”
“A stranger is shot in the street, you hardly move to help. But if, half an hour before, you spent just ten minutes with the fellow and knew a little about him and his family, you might just jump in front of his killer and try to stop it. Really knowing is good. Not knowing, or refusing to know is bad, or amoral, at least. You canâ€™t act if you donâ€™t know.”
“Simply put, you believer that things or people make you unhappy, but this is not accurate. You make yourself unhappy.”
“I really like my doctors. Some of them I love. I trust them.”

Source : "Dr. Drew" with Ryan Smith, www.cnn.com. November 3, 2011.
“One becomes a beginner after 1000 days of training. One becomes a master after 10,000 days of practice.”
“Droll thing life is -- that mysterious arrangement of merciless logic for a futile purpose. The most you can hope from it is some knowledge of yourself -- that comes too late -- a crop of inextinguishable regrets.”
“Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated.”
“Few activities are as delightful as learning new vocabulary.”

Source : Tim Gunn, Kate Moloney (2011). “Tim Gunn: A Guide to Quality, Taste & Style”, p.182, Abrams

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