"A few weeks later, Iâ€™m in a fluorescent-lit classroom in Chelsea awaiting the start of the official Mensa test. Iâ€™m sitting next to a guy whoâ€™s doing a series of elaborate neck stretches, like weâ€™re about to engage in a vigorous rugby match. Heâ€™s neatly laid out four types of gum on his Formica desk: Juicy Fruit, Wrigley Spearmint, Big Red, and Eclipse. I hate this guy. I hope to God heâ€™s not a genius."

-- A. J. Jacobs

#Hate Quotes #Guy Quotes #Gum Quotes

“Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty.”
“I have a lot of appetites and try to revel in almost everything, so inspiration can even come from a well-appointed submarine sandwich, you know?”
“In reality, at the end of World War II, America imposed democracy at the point of a bayonet on Japan and Germany, and it has proved a resounding success in both countries. The problem with liberals is that they never give bayonets a chance.”
“In the beginning, there was noise. Noise begat rhythm, and rhythm begat everything else.”

Source : FaceBook post by Mickey Hart from Aug 13, 2016
“We must be true inside, true to ourselves, before we can know a truth that is outside us. But we make ourselves true inside by manifesting the truth as we see it.”
“I think it reflects well on the state of animation that people are knowledgeable about it and love the fantasy and imagination that goes into it.”

Source : Interview with Bob Marshall, www.avclub.com. December 1, 2010.
“You go through spells where you feel that maybe you're too sensitive for this world. I certainly felt that.”
“I don't want to put the world to rights... I just don't like people who put the world to wrongs.”

Source : Lee Child (2015). “The Essential Jack Reacher, Volume 2, 6-Book Bundle: 61 Hours, Worth Dying For, The Affair, A Wanted Man, Never Go Back, Personal”, p.244, Delacorte Press

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