"Shoes are the first adult machines we are given to master."

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Source : Nicholson Baker (2010). “Mezzanine”, p.13, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

Nicholson Baker

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“I feel that instead of putting myself out in that light, I'd rather be on this side of the camera just to make sure that the movie, from my perspective as far as police procedures, is done properly. I got my daughters in it, that's good enough for me. Scott's got a way of talking me into things, and I told him I don't like the way he can talk me into stuff.”
“Halfway through Numbers, I got really jaded, and I had these unrealistic expectations about what Numbers could be. I thought it should be Emmy-nominated. I was in my mid-20s, so I was kind of shortsighted and silly.”

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“Keep thy airspeed up, less the earth come from below and smit thee.”
“Memory is not a simple replay. The bits of information that we recover from the past are often influenced by our knowledge, beliefs and feelings.”
“The best rescues of all leave a family in a better place.”
“Only in america will you see people circling the parking lot looking for a close space at a gym.”
“I believe the world is incomprehensibly beautiful - an endless prospect of magic and wonder.”
“Fake relationships and fake people coming up to me and all of a sudden wanting to be my friend.”

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