"The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet."

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Source : James Oppenheim (1916). “War and Laughter”

James Oppenheim

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“Maybe the start line was supposed to be your finish line. Donâ€™t be afraid to walk backwards.”
“Originality cannot be a goal. It is simply inevitable. The truly pathbreaking step can never be predicted, and certainly not by the person who makes it at the time he makes it. He clears as he goes, evolves his own techniques, devises his own tools, ignores where he must. And his path cannot be retraced, because each of us is an original being.”

Source : Harry Partch (2009). “Genesis of a Music: An Account of a Creative Work, Its Roots, and Its Fulfillments”, p.11, Da Capo Press
“I do believe that the Barack Obama administration has reached a new low by using the instruments of the state against its political adversaries. Obama does not see people who disagree with him as well-meaning opponents but rather as enemies. That's not something that Jimmy Carter or Bill Clinton did as President. Probably Obama's direct descendant in this line is Richard Nixon. And Obama seems to have carried Nixonian tactics to a new low. So, we've turned a corner in American politics that doesn't bode well for our future.”
“It is not a case we are treating; it is a living, palpitating, alas, too often suffering fellow creature.”

Source : Lancet I: 464 (1904)
“Nature's curriculum cannot be changed.”
“Literature is the safe and traditional vehicle through which we learn about the world and pass on values from on generation to the next. Books save lives.”
“My relationship to New York has changed a lot. I feel lucky to live here. A lot of times you walk through the city and don't notice that you're in a really beautiful neighborhood, or that you're passing a beautiful building. It's nice, as an exercise, to keep aware that you're in a really lucky place.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“I have days of self-doubt, but I think the kindest thing I can do to myself is accept where my body is at.”

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