"It kills me to be time's eunuch and never to beget."

-- Gerard Manley Hopkins

#Kill Me Quotes

“Feminists of my mother's generation argued that both mom and dad should work a little less and each do some of the household chores. My parents, for example, split everything 50/50. Even though my father is a terrible cook, he still made dinner exactly half the time.”
“There is an idea abroad among moral people that they should make their neighbors good. One person I have to make good: Myself. But my duty to my neighbor is much more nearly expressed by saying that I have to make him happy if I may.”
“It is simple nonsense to speak of the fixed tempo of any particular vocal phrase. Each voice has its peculiarities.”

Source : Anton Seidl (2014). “On Conducting”, p.103, Parrot Press
“Read. Read anything. Read the things they say are good for you, and the things they claim are junk. You'll find what you need to find. Just read.”
“What we now call school training, the pursuit of fixed studies at stated hours under the constant guidance of a teacher, I could scarcely be said to have enjoyed.”

Source : Simon Newcomb (1903). “The reminiscences of an astronomer”, Harper and Brothers
“I'd always found goodness more interesting then evil, though I was aware this wasn't the most general view. To my mind, it took more work and more courage to be good, an opinion continually reinforced by my own shortcomings.”

Source : Dick Francis (2010). “Comeback”, p.16, Penguin
“Having inner beauty is something you develop on your own, and I like to think I have that.”
“I think my being such a nomad let me into acting. I was always having to create a new image whenever we moved.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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