"No one gives up on something until it turns on them, whether or not that thing is real or unreal."

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Source : Thomas Ligotti (2009). “Teatro Grottesco”, p.163, Random House

Thomas Ligotti

#Giving Up Quotes #Real Quotes #Turns Quotes

“You know, you don't please everybody.”
“Perhaps it is true that we do not really exist until there is someone there to see us existing, we cannot properly speak until there is someone who can understand what we are saying in essence, we are not wholly alive until we are loved.”
“Converting a classic batch-and-queue production system to continuous flow with effective pull by the customer will double labor productivity all the way through the system (for direct, managerial, and technical workers, from raw materials to delivered product) while cutting production throughput times by 90 percent and reducing inventories in the system by 90 percent as well.”
“Eating healthy is a constant battle. I love chips. I'm a huge pasta fan.”
“As an introvert, you can be your own best friend or your worst enemy. The good news is we generally like our own company, a quality that extroverts often envy. We find comfort in solitude and know how to soothe ourselves. Even our willingness to look at ourselves critically is often helpful.But, we can go too far. We can hoard responsibility and overlook the role others play. We can kick ourselves when we're down. How many times have you felt lousy about something, only to get mad at yourself for feeling lousy?”
“Yoga is the practice of radical transformation”
“I'm lucky with my skin - it doesn't require a lot of attention, so I keep things simple. And I drink a lot of water.”
“Danbury wasn't a prison, it was a crime school. I went in with a Bachelor of marijuana, came out with a Doctorate of cocaine.”

Source : "Fictional character: George Jung". "Blow", 2001.

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