"It just bothered me that you might think I'm somethin special. I aint."

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Cormac McCarthy

#Thinking Quotes #Special Quotes #Might Quotes

“Every childhood has its talismans, the sacred objects that look innocuous enough to the outside world, but that trigger an onslaught of vivid memories when the grown child confronts them.”

Source : Steven Johnson (2006). “Everything Bad is Good for You: How Today's Popular Culture Is Actually Making Us Smarter”, p.1, Penguin
“Always do one thing less than you think you can do.”
“I am carried in my shadow like a violin in its black case”

Source : Tomas Transtromer (2011). “The Great Enigma: New Collected Poems”, p.199, New Directions Publishing
“Journalism without a moral position is impossible. Every journalist is a moralist. It's absolutely unavoidable.”
“An extremely effective instrument would be to put a price on carbon. It is only through the market that you can get a large enough and rapid enough response [to climate change]”
“If you're lucky you find your way into a spiritual community and you start to find the great teachers of all the ages who said the same thing. There's only love, you're made of love.”
“Are you winning the battle against materialism?”
“Being President is a little like being the grounds-keeper at a cemetery: there's plenty of people below you but no one's listening.”

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