"Never put off till tomorrow the book you can read today."

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Holbrook Jackson

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“Shame is the proper reaction when one has purposefully violated the accepted behavior of society. Inflicting it is etiquette's response when its rules are disobeyed. The law has all kinds of nasty ways of retaliating when it is disregarded, but etiquette has only a sense of social shame to deter people from treating others in ways they know are wrong. So naturally Miss Manners wants to maintain the sense of shame. Some forms of discomfort are fully justified, and the person who feels shame ought to be dealing with removing its causes rather than seeking to relieve the symptoms.”

Source : Judith Martin (1996). “Miss Manners Rescues Civilization: From Sexual Harassment, Frivolous Lawsuits, Dissing, and Other Lapses in Civility”, Crown
“Wherever the good work is I'll go.”

Source : Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.
“I wish I could tell you the recipe for figuring out who the target user is for your product and who your users should be, but... there isn't a recipe. It comes down to think really hard and use your judgement to figure out who you're really building this for.”
“Shock equals discovery, and if I narrated my past, you'd be pretty grossed out too, I bet - same as if you narrated yours. Aren't we all composed of our past mistakes? Isn't that part of emerging into an adult awareness of the world?”

Source : Interview with Samuel Cohen, logger.believermag.com. September 11, 2012.
“When I was a little younger, I really did love musical theatre in the same hopeless dorky way that she does. I was obsessed with Jesus Christ Superstar and I used to reenact it in my room when no one was home.”
“Looking away is submissive. Looking [..] in the eye is a challenge.”
“Never give up because you never know what the tide will bring in the next day.”
“Casebook is my attempt at a love story. I had a vision of a difficult love.”

Source : "Mona Simpson Transforms Her Rich Personal Life Into Powerful Fiction" by Ruth S.Barrett, www.elle.com. May 2, 2014.

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