"Chance does nothing that has not been prepared beforehand."

-- Alexis de Tocqueville

#Doe Quotes #Chance Quotes #Prepared Quotes

“Sex is perhaps like culture - a luxury that only becomes an art after generations of leisurely acquaintance. Why we scarcely approach either as individuals - it's mass propulsion still!”
“To us â€” richer and cleverer than everyone else!”
“My wife is very happy about me keeping all my music in my pocket.”

Source : "The Hold Steady". Interview with Brian Howe, pitchfork.com. May 16, 2005.
“...the human being to lack that second skin we call egoism has not yet been born, it lasts much longer than the other one, that bleeds so readily.”
“I still find doing portraits a terrific challenge, but even though I've done hundreds of them, I've never stopped questioning the very nature of portraiture because it deals exclusively with appearances. I've never believed people are what they look like and think it's impossible to really know what people are.”
“Why can't I be MVP of the league? Why can't I be the best player in the league?”
“Any man who has had the job I've had and didn't have a sense of humor wouldn't still be here.”
“I happen to be quite fond of staying out late and sleeping the day away.”

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