"After fifty, one ceases to digest. As someone once said, "I just ferment my food now.""

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Source : Henry Green (1992). “Surviving: The Uncollected Writings of Henry Green”, Random House (UK)

Henry Green

#Birthday Quotes #Fifty Quotes #Said Quotes

“Anybody who has doubts about the ingenuity or the resourcefulness of a plumber never got a bill from one.”
“Even though I didn't get a business degree, I enjoyed learning about economics.”
“I don't believe that fashion should exclude people - I have always been about making it accessible to everyone.”
“Given man's nature, freedom will always be in jeopardy, and the only question that need concern each of us is if and how well we took our stand in its defense during the short period of time when we were potentially a part of the struggle.”

Source : Benjamin A. Rogge (1979). “Can Capitalism Survive?”, Liberty Fund
“Sometimes I think about dying. And then I wonder about going to hell. And then I think that if and when I go there, the place will be completely organized and run by lost souls, with a council and a works committee and an ethics panel, and I'll feel right at home.”

Source : Charles Sheffield (1992). “Brother to Dragons”
“Why do people stop developing, or, like they stop the way you can rate their, psychologically, their development? Where they stop, and just from being children to maybe stopping at a very adolescent age, and they stay there until they die. Physically die. I mean, they react adolescently. They don't change. They don't develop. They don't â€” it's that continual read, that process which is is the total threat for the ego.”

Source : "Edie: Girl On Fire". Book by David Weisman and Melissa Painter, 2006.
“Opera is one of the most important art forms. It should be listened to and appreciated by everyone.”
“I promise I shall never give up, and that I'll die yelling and laughing, and that until then I'll rush around this world I insist is holy and pull at everyone's lapel and make them confess to me and to all.”

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