"Oh, God, I don't know what's more difficult, life or the English language."

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Source : Jonathan Ames (2015). “Wake Up, Sir!”, p.204, Pushkin Press

Jonathan Ames

#Language Quotes #Difficult Quotes #Difficult Life Quotes

“I have long been convinced that institutions purely democratic must, sooner or later, destroy liberty or civilization, or both.”
“Time takes life away and gives us memory, gold with flame, black with embers.”
“Planning is the essence of good management and when it comes to health care we must allow states to plan for future needs. We need to cement this federal commitment to Alaskans so the state has the assurance that money vital for providing Medicaid health care will not just dry up and disappear.”
“Healthy children are more likely to attend school and are better able to learn. Healthy workers are more productive. More productive economies mean greater stability in developing countries and improved security in the West.”

Source : "The World Is Moving Forward Without Us" by Seth Berkley, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 18, 2009.
“When the bee has gathered the dew of heaven and the earth's sweetest nectar from the flowers, it turns it into honey, then hastens to its hive. In the same way, the priest, having taken from the altar the Son of God (who is as the dew from heaven, and true son of Mary, flower of our humanity), gives him to you as delicious food.”
“It is important to democratize personal genetics and make it more accessible.”

Source : "Human Genetics Is Now A Viable Hobby — 23andme Cuts Its Price To $399" by Aaron Rowe, www.wired.com. September 8, 2008.
“But that initial, comet-blazing-across-the-sky, Big Idea is only the beginning. Each book is composed of a mosaic of thousands of little ideas, ideas that invariably come to me at two in the morning when my alarm is set for seven.”
“...the characters in my books all resemble each other. They live, with minor variations, the same moments, the same perils, and when I speak of them, my language, which is inspired by them, repeats the same poems in the same tone.”

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