"if something is there, you can only see it with your eyes open, but if it isn't there, you can see it just as well with your eyes closed. That's why imaginary things are often easier to see than real ones."

-- Norton Juster

#Life Quotes #Real Quotes #Eye Quotes

“Last night, I had a telephone townhall for my constituents back in Vermont, and we had 11,500 people on it. And I had people on Social Security saying if getting fewer benefits will help us on the debt, they're for it. And I had a farmer saying that he's had subsidies for 35 years but we can't afford them anymore.”
“It's really intimidating to go on the beach in a bikini.”

Source : "Helena Christensen: 'Like Any Woman, I Worry About My Body'". Interview with Emma Sibbles, fashion.telegraph.co.uk. July 13, 2011.
“In You Are Not Dead Wendy Xu breaks all the old rules that have never done us any favors anyway. She writes beautifully, noticing who we are, and letting us see ourselves with a little more humanity, a little more humor, a little more humility. I'm happy to have read this book.”
“Emphasizing and rewarding length over quality results in worse writing and more reader abandonment.”
“A painter can turn pennies into gold, for all subjects are capable of being transformed into poems.”
“Oh yeah, I'm definitely a tomboy! I love sports, hate dresses, don't own a single pair of high-heels, am not a fan of makeup, and I'm not afraid to get messy!”

Source : "SPOTLIGHT: Jennette McCurdy". Girls' Life Magazine Interview, www.girlslife.com. November 11, 2007.
“As a child, I actually wanted to be a lawyer. That was the goal. I didn't plan to be an author, and then even less, did I plan to produce movies. It all just happened.”
“I got into writing and thinking about politics because I was told there would be no math.”

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