"Sarah had a saying: Der gleichster veg iz ful mit shtainer." "What's it mean?" "The smoothest way is sometimes full of stones."

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Source : Julie Orringer (2007). “How to Breathe Underwater”, p.97, Vintage

Julie Orringer

#Mean Quotes #Mit Quotes #Stones Quotes

“Your criticism sounds to me as if you have read too many critical books and are too smart in an artificial, destructive, and very limited way.”
“I like playing these awkward moments in between that build relationships. I donâ€™t ever want to play that character that grabs the girl and has my way with her. Thatâ€™s just not who that character is. If Daryl falls in love with you, heâ€™s going to love you for the rest of his life.”
“The problems of language here are really serious. We wish to speak in some way about the structure of the atoms. But we cannot speak about atoms in ordinary language.”
“I shall attempt to prove two things: first, that the actions and dispositions of mankind are the offspring of circumstances and events, and not of any original determination that they bring into the world; and, secondly, that the great stream of our voluntary actions essentially depends, not upon the direct and immediate impulses of sense, but upon the decisions of the understanding.”
“Where I live in Oklahoma, it's all ranchers. My friends are all cowboys and pretty rough guys. If I had a hot tub back there, I may as well have Richard Simmons come over and live with me.”
“The attitude that nature is chaotic and that the artist puts order into it is a very absurd point of view, I think. All that we can hope for is to put some order into ourselves.”

Source : Willem De Kooning, John Elderfield, Lauren Mahony (2011). “De Kooning: A Retrospective”, p.192, The Museum of Modern Art
“If Jesus is on Tim Curran's side and Occy is Jesus, who gets to win?”
“Logic is not a body of doctrine, but a mirror-image of the world. Logic is transcendental.”

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