"All the times I have suddenly realized that my parents are dead, even now, it still surprises me, to exist in the world while that which made me has ceased to exist"

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Source : Nicole Krauss (2006). “The History of Love: A Novel”, p.10, W. W. Norton & Company

Nicole Krauss

#Parent Quotes #World Quotes #Surprise Quotes

“Courageous dreaming allows you to create from the source, the quantum soup of the universe where everything exists in a latent or potential state.”

Source : Alberto Villoldo (2010). “Courageous Dreaming: How Shamans Dream the World Into Being”, p.5, ReadHowYouWant.com
“I've learned that if you can keep it calm and keep it fun and loose, then that allows for ideas from the crew. I don't care where an idea comes from, whether it's the crew or my producer or the actors or anybody. I just want it to be fun, and if that's the case, then I think you make a better movie.”
“Don't go on American Idol, I think you'll spend the rest of your life living it down and I think it's getting kinda scary, isn't it?”

Source : "Interview: Joe Cocker lyric". AskMen Interview, www.askmen.com.
“A strange thing happens when you interview a robot. You feel an urge to be profound: to ask profound questions. I suppose itâ€™s an inter-species thing. Although if it is I wonder why I never try and be profound around my dog. â€˜What does electricity taste like?â€™ I ask. â€˜Like a planet around a star,â€™ Bina48 replies. Which is either extraordinary or meaningless - Iâ€™m not sure which”
“I'm working on a number of different things. I'm working on a couple of TV things and I'm working on a couple of film things too, and they're all very early stages. One of them I'm writing myself, one of them I'm writing with somebody else, and one of them I'm supervising a writer, and they're all sort of coming up at the same time and it'll be interesting to see which one kind of reveals itself first and jumps ahead.”
“I hear people say, "It's not the quantity of time that's important; it's the quality." Well, technically that may be true, but quality doesn't happen in a hurry.”
“Yesterday Michael Phelps set an all-time Olympic record for most medals. Phelps has so much gold on his chest he's been asked to join the cast of 'Jersey Shore.'”
“Don't water your weeds.”

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