"Let me tell you one thing about why writers write: had I known the answer to any of these questions I would never have needed to write a novel."

-- Joan Didion

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“Retirement: A Time to Become Much More than You Have Ever Been”

Source : "How to Retire Happy, Wild and Free". Book by Ernie J Zelinski, www.today.com. 2004.
“Habit, laziness, and fear conspire to keep us comfortably within the familiar.”
“We set forth on a journey to bring our vision to our country, to keep the American dream alive for all who are willing to work for it, to make our American community stronger, to keep America the world's strongest force for peace and freedom and prosperity.”
“Even the 'Today' programme involves a balance between the worthy-but-heavy items with the worthless-but-entertainingly-light ones.”
“The quest for truth must be carried out by each person individually. It is like breathing, something which no one else can do for us.”
“People never confess to failure. They should.”
“I have a very Socratic approach - I pummel the designers with questions, so when I get them to step back from the work and look at it with me, they'll eventually see what I see, coming to it fresh and unencumbered. That's always very gratifying because they feel a responsibility and an ownership of a solution.”
“I love traffic. It's fantastic. New York traffic is so relaxing”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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