"There may never be a baby book that offers the conclusive answer to every question, but it's possible to extract some wisdom from the suffering of past generations of parents. Does the book you're reading contradict itself repeatedly, require you to override all your parental instincts, or send you into a panic over your own inadequacy? If so, burn it."

-- Libby Copeland

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“This is the curse of an evil deed, that it incites and must bring forth more evil.”
“Now I do not myself share that superstitious reverence for the beliefs of common sense which many contemporary philosophers profess. But I think that we must start from them, and that we ought to depart from them only when we find good reason to do so.”
“The only thing I can give to young gay people is that when I was growing up there were no role models that were blokey, that were men. Everybody was flamboyant and camp, and I remember going, 'That's not me, so even though I think I am gay, I don't think I fit into this world.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Learning to write . . . is a desperately idiosyncratic, eccentric, single-souled, lifelong quest.”
“Brass, stay down all summer.”
“I was a bigger-than-life persona before I was anyone in my own mind.”
“So when a good idea comes, you know, part of my job is to move it around, just see what different people think, get people talking about it, argue with people about it, get ideas moving among that group of 100 people, get different people together to explore different aspects of it quietly, and, you know â€“ just explore things.”
“Whether you face reality head on and make a life change, or deny your responsibility, you've made a choice. The way I see it you choose either a life of abundant strength and energy, or you're living in the gap, far beneath the quality of life you could be enjoying.”

Source : Shawn Phillips (2008). “Strength for Life: The Fitness Plan for the Rest of Your Life”, p.10, Ballantine Books

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