"To lead a blameless life you must curb your passions , and whatever misfortune may befall you cannot be ascribed by anyone to want of good luck, or attributed to fate; these words are devoid of sense, and all fault will rightly fall on your own head."

-- Giacomo Casanova

#Fall Quotes #Passion Quotes #Good Luck Quotes

“I grew up in a food-obsessed Italian family, so food was always front and center in my life. I was a food obsessed person who morphed into a comedian and tried to figure out a way to make fun of my cake and eat it too.”

Source : "World Chefs: No-nonsense food with a pinch of punk". Interview with Dorene Internicola, www.reuters.com. August 16, 2011.
“Increased coalition presence feeds the notion of occupation. It contributes to the dependency of Iraqi security forces on the coalition, ... It extends the amount of time that it will take for Iraqi security forces to become self-reliant. And it exposes more coalition forces to attacks.”
“To me living and music are all the same thing. And I keep finding out more about music as I learn more about myself, my environment, about all kinds of different things in life. I play what I live. Therefore, just as I can't predict what kinds of experiences I'm going to have, I can't predict the directions in which my music will go. I just want to write and play my instrument as I feel.”
“Enjoy what you can, endure what you must.”
“People want nothing but mirrors around them. To reflect them while theyâ€™re reflecting too ... Reflections of reflections and echoes of echoes. No beginning and no end. No center and no purpose.”
“Between two evils, choose neither; between two goods, choose both.”

Source : Tryon Edwards (2015). “The New Dictionary of Thoughts”, p.197, Ravenio Books
“The tannoy is crackling but I can only hear heavy breathing and snuffling. ... Uh-oh, the tannoy is crackling again. "Sorry about that, ladies and gentlemen, I momentarily lost hold of my pie.”
“I have odd thumbs that are extremely flexible. I can bend them quite far down the back side of my hand, basically the opposite side you'd even try to attempt bending your thumb. Because of that, I'm a very good thumb wrestler.”

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