"Maybe learning how to be out in the big world isn't the epic journey everyone thinks it is. Maybe that's actually the easy part. The hard part is what's right in front of you. The hard part is learning how to hold the title to your very existence, to own not only property, but also your life."

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Source : Meghan Daum (2010). “Life Would Be Perfect If I Lived in That House”, p.245, Vintage

Meghan Daum

#Journey Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Epic Quotes

“This is not some distant problem of the future. This is a problem that is affecting Americans right now. Whether it means increased flooding, greater vulnerability to drought, more severe wildfires - all these things are having an impact on Americans as we speak.”
“Arkansas is a curious and interesting community ... it is probably the most untouched and unawakened of all American states.”
“It is my saddest day as an MP when my party brings in a bill which I'm fundamentally opposed to. I'm very sad my party has brought this in without any democratic mandate.”
“There is no book which tells of a more infamous monster than the Old Testament, with its Jehovah of murder and cruelty and revenge, unless it be the New Testament, which arms its God with hell, and extends his outrages throughout all eternity!”
“But rich or poor, black or white, none of us are entitled to anything.”
“We lost 14 straight. Then we had a game rained out and it felt so good we had a victory dinner.”
“This is the entertainment industry, so game designers have to have a creative mind and also have to be able to stand up against the marketing people at their company - otherwise they cannot be creative. There are not that many people who fit that description.”
“Success is related to faith. Faith comes first.”

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