"In the morning I'm often anti-semantic."

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John D. MacDonald

#Morning Quotes

“In a memoir, I think, the contract implies a certain degree of truth. I think you have to be as true to your memory and your experience as you possibly can.”
“Self-preservation isn't worth it if you can't live with the self you're preserving”

Source : David Levithan (2013). “Every Day”, p.73, Egmont UK
“Sometimes it falls upon a generation to be great. You be that great generation. Let your greatness blossom. Of course the task will not be easy. But not to do this would be a crime against humanity, against which I ask all humanity now to rise up.”
“If you remember the â€˜90s, you werenâ€™t there.”
“My father ended up starting the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, which is on the slopes of Kilimanjaro. My mother started a school.”
“Often the difference between a successful marriage and a mediocre one consists of leaving about three or four things a day unsaid.”
“Smog is affecting larger parts of China, and environmental pollution has become a major problem, which is natures red-light warning against the model of inefficient and blind development.”
“One must live in the middle of contradiction, because if all contradiction were eliminated at once life would collapse.”

Source : "In 'Sliver Of Sky,' Barry Lopez Confronts Childhood Sexual Abuse". 'Fresh Air' with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. January 10, 2013.

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