"One does not play Bach without having done scales. But neither does one play a scale merely for the sake of the scale."

-- Simone Weil

#Life Quotes #Happiness Quotes #Play Quotes

“I can't choose how i feel. But i can choose what I do about it.”
“Morality is similar to religion - it is a somniferous drug which blinds people from seeing the squalor of their lives.”
“I was anorexic-bulimic when I was 16-17. It was a top secret that time, but these things always are.”
“I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about your books than you do!”

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“Louis Pasteur said, 'Chance favors the prepared mind.' If you're really engaged in the writing, you'll work yourself out of whatever jam you find yourself in.”
“Habaneros have a great fruity flavor, but the challenge is that you have to deflect the heat in order to taste the flavor. If you don't, you're dead. They should really have a warning sign on them. Deflect the habanero's heat by pairing it with sweet food.”
“Do not lose joy in life as you grow old in years. Let not your 'joie de vivre be crushed under the weight of years.”
“Obama has been perhaps the most partisan President since Truman. He hasn't learned to be civil - note his insulting speech to Paul Ryan, who did us the courtesy of scoring a budget. The president has to talk to Republicans when it comes to the debt ceiling. He has reached the debt ceiling before anyone expected.”

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