"I was always a little embarrassed when there was an act on television that requires a great deal of skill but is a little goofy, and the host comes over and acts like the person doing this skill is some sort of fool for having learned to do something that's very, very difficult."

-- Penn Jillette

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“A Note Life is the only way to get covered in leaves, catch your breath on the sand, rise on wings; to be a dog, or stroke its warm fur; to tell pain from everything it's not; to squeeze inside events, dawdle in views, to seek the least of all possible mistakes. An extraordinary chance to remember for a moment a conversation held with the lamp switched off; and if only once to stumble upon a stone, end up soaked in one downpour or another, mislay your keys in the grass; and to follow a spark on the wind with your eyes; and to keep on not knowing something important.”
“God does not need us or the rest of creation for anything, yet we and the rest of creation can glorify him and bring him joy.”

Source : Wayne A. Grudem (2009). “Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine”, p.408, Harper Collins
“Life is a dream in the night, a fear among fears, A naked runner lost in a storm of spears.”

Source : Arthur Symons, Roger Holdsworth (2003). “Arthur Symons: Selected Writings”, p.57, Psychology Press
“You'll see that excuses like "That's not easy" are of no value and that it pays to "push through it" at a pace you can handle. Like getting physically fit, the most important thing is that you keep moving forward at whatever pace you choose, recognizing the consequences of your actions.”
“I'm one of the biggest introverts you could ever meet.”
“There were people who said the Society of Cincinnati in the American revolution, of which George Washington was one of the shining lights, was a branch of the Illuminati.”
“Learned or unlearned we all must be scribbling.”
“My mother handed me my sister and turned on the television. My sister's fingers wrapped around my earlobes, and she squeezed and made a sort-of laughing sound. Her smile could fill the room. When I held her like that, I felt important, like I wasn't just a brother but something more necessary.”

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