"Heat radiated off Henry's face. Salty snot ran down his upper lip. A majestic fart propelled him to the top of Section 12, just at the springing of the stadium's curve. He slapped the sign as if high-fiving a teammate. It gave back a game shudder. He was crusing now, darkness be damned, stripping off his sweatshirt and his long underwear top without breaking stride."

-- Chad Harbach

#Running Quotes #Curves Quotes #Games Quotes

“I try to be mindful in my daily life, trying to stay more present and have more intention. It keeps me calm, and I feel less whipped about by my emotions.”
“There is joy in work. There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something.”
“Lord Byron is an exceedingly interesting person, and as such is it not to be regretted that he is a slave to the vilest and most vulgar prejudices, and as mad as the winds? There have been many definitions of beauty in art. What is it? Beauty is what the untrained eyes consider abominable.”
“I never made music for that crowd. I never made music to fit in. I made music of what I like to hear.”

Source : "Gunplay: Going Against the Grain". Interview with Jake Paine, crazyhood.com. May 19, 2018.
“There's more movies now than ever, and competition for the entertainment dollar. These movies aren't recouping the way they used to. These little producers used to make something for a million, and get on a roll. One would finance the next. They crap out eventually, but then they go start a new company. But these guys just aren't getting to first base.”

Source : Source: www.aboutfilm.com
“Sex endows the individual with a dumb and powerful instinct, which carries his body and soul continually towards another, makes it one of the dearest employments of his life to select and pursue a companion, and joins to possession the keenest pleasure, to rivalry the fiercest rage, and to solicitude an eternal melancholy. What more could be needed to suffuse the world with the deepest meaning and beauty?”
“A measuring jug is also vital when cooking rice, as this is always measured by volume rather than by weight”
“In her early days she had that beatific expression characteristic of Victorian prettiness - like a sheep painted by Raphael.”

Source : James Agate (1946). “A Shorter Ego: Ego 4, Ego 5, Ego 6”

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