"People were interesting at first. Then later, slowly but surely, all the flaws and madness would manifest themselves. I would become less and less to them; they would mean less and less to me."

-- Charles Bukowski

#Mean Quotes #People Quotes #Interesting Quotes

“I've got CDs in my car, listening all the time for that next song, because everybody's looking.”
“I think we've got outstanding teaching in Michigan classrooms.”
“Reading is sometimes thought of as a form of escapism, and itâ€™s a common turn of phrase to speak of getting lost in a book. But a book can also be where one finds oneself; and when a reader is grasped and held by a book, reading does not feel like an escape from life so much as it feels like an urgent, crucial dimension of life itself.”

Source : Rebecca Mead (2014). “My Life in Middlemarch”, p.24, Broadway Books
“There is a true Buddha in family life; there is a real Tao in everyday activities. If people can be sincere and harmonious, promoting communication with a cheerful demeanor and friendly words, that is much better than formal meditation practice.”
“I was labeled as a tricky player early on and have been regarded as tricky throughout my whole career. It was said that I was able to pull out tricks from nowhere.”

Source : "The Beauty of Chess Tricks" by Lubomir Kavalek, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 27, 2012.
“Sometimes it's easier to make decisions when you know that you've tried things that are so wrong, you know, "OK, I don't go that way with it. I don't go this way with it." The way I work, I kind of have to go down all those wrong paths to know that the one I'm doing really is the one that is going to work.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“The greatest of wealth is the richness of the soul.”
“Every cleric must obey the Pope, even if he commands what is evil; for no one may judge the Pope.”

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