"Those who are wise won't be busy, and those who are too busy can't be wise."

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Source : Lin Yutang (1937). “The Importance of Living”

Lin Yutang

#Wise Quotes #Busy Quotes #Being Wise Quotes

“Voting is no substitute for the eternal vigilance that every friend of freedom must demonstrate towards government. If our freedom is to survive, Americans must become far better informed of the dangers from Washington -- regardless of who wins the Presidency.”
“Death and blood didnâ€™t turn on a vampire. Fear and the chance to take blood did. There was a difference.”
“Dogs come when they're called; cats take a message and get back to you later.”
“Twisted Sister plays 20, 25 shows a year. But if the band had their druthers, they'd be out playing all the time.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Principle II:;: The presumptions of the law are creative presumptions:;: they are aimed at conditions to be brought about, and only for that reason ignore conditions which exist.”
“I've always had standards about writing well. There is art in this business. There is potentially great art.”

Source : "Lecture: Gay Talese". Bullpen: NYU Journalism, September 14, 2006.
“I'd love to do some theater.”
“I think up until that time a lot of focus on Internet coverage was either sort of the bits and bytes aspect of it, sort of the high-tech aspect of it, and the sociological aspect of it, which is how it was transforming culture.”

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