"He who thinks that he is finished is finished. How true. Those who think that they have arrived, have lost their way. Those who think they have reached their goal, have missed it. Those who think they are saints, are demons."

-- Henri Nouwen

#Thinking Quotes #Goal Quotes #Saint Quotes

“Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.”
“One thing I probably share with everyone else in the astronaut office is composure.”
“I consider that there are different degrees of civilization and there are many different ways of expressing it. But one is civilized or is not.”
“The desert has a subtle and a cruel charm. She destroys while she enthralls.”

Source : Rosita Forbes (1921). “The Secret of the Sahara: Kufara”
“If you get too well-known, you can never be a comedian's comedian, it just won't sit well. But I'm fine with that. I'm fine with that label.”
“Those who are to follow the arts should have a training in what is called poverty. Given a comfortable middle-class start in life, the artist is almost sure to end up by becoming a bellyacher, constantly complaining because the public does not rush forward at once to proclaim him.”
“I have nothing but great respect for great scholars. But I was in grad school in the '80s and '90s, at the height of the theory craziness. It had a big part in why I ended up becoming a writer rather than a scholar, because I thought, "I just can't play these games." I was interested in literature because I loved literature, and so much of the theoretical positioning, at that moment 25 years ago, was antagonistic to literature. You know, trying to show that Jane Austen is a terrible person because she wasn't thinking about colonialism.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“One time I was singing along with a boy that looked like me in the crowd and he pushed away the mic and started making out with me and accidently bit my lip and I had to get stitches.”

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