"But you know, where did the Brontes go to college? Where did George Eliot go to college? Where did Thomas Paine or Thomas Jefferson or George Washington go? Did George Washington go to college? This idea which we now have that people ought to have these credentials is really ridiculous. Where did Homer go to college?"

-- Jamaica Kincaid

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“We've got a lot of love from Chicago, you know we've been selling out big venues in Chicago that other people don't sell out. Our music is something that's a bit different you know from what's being publicized and that's going against everything else coming out in Chicago.”
“The bicycle is its own best argument. You just get a bike, try it; start going with the thing and using it as it suits you. It'll grow and it gets better and better and better.”
“It was summertime and I was in The Azores, hanging around the small village my parents are from. I was looking out on this very rural setting, on a road going up a hill. There was an old man coming down the hill with a pitchfork on his shoulder. He was wearing gum boots, work pants - and a Coca-Cola T-shirt. I saw that and thought, That's my album!”
“I'm afraid of heights. Not unreasonably, but rationally afraid of heights. I think everyone is.”
“I was silver-white by the time I was 35, but having grey hair makes me look washed out. My wife and son have both said that grey hair doesn't suit me because I have a boyish face.”
“Leaders begin with a different question than others. Replacing who can I blame with how am I responsible?”

Source : Twitter post from Dec 19, 2017
“When my thirst for joy is satisfied by Christ, sin becomes unattractive.”

Source : Randy Alcorn (2015). “Happiness”, p.71, NavPress
“No matter how you feel about your extended family or family gatherings you will be attending. This is because now the ultimate reason for attending family gatherings is for your children to have the time of their lives with their cousins. Little kids love their cousins. Iâ€™m not being cute or exaggerating here. Cousins are like celebrities for little kids. If little kids had a People magazine, cousins would be on the cover. Cousins are the barometers of how fun a family get-together will be. â€œAre the cousins going to be there? Fun!”

Source : Jim Gaffigan (2013). “Dad Is Fat”, p.226, Crown Archetype

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