"Ðe [Kurt Vonnegut] felt that life was largely a crap shoot and that we simply need to muddle on as best we can, being as kind and loving to one another as possible, right now. It's a pretty good philosophy, no matter what one's religious beliefs or lack of them."

-- Michael Dirda

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“Observe your environment. Invite people into your life that don't look like you or think like you”
“A child said What is the grass? fetching it to me with full hands; How could I answer the child? I do not know what it is any more than he.”
“It is the mind which creates the world around us, and even though we stand side by side in the same meadow, my eyes will never see what is beheld by yours, my heart will never stir to the emotions with which yours is touched.”

Source : George Gissing (2016). “The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft”, p.98, The Floating Press
“The press is like the peculiar uncle you keep in the attic - just one of those unfortunate things.”
“Rebut the negative, and the opposing campaign has not merely lost a skirmish, it has suffered almost irreparable damage. An effective rebuttal makes it hard for the campaign whose ad is destroyed to be believed about anything ever again.”
“I never turned down anything and never argued with any producer or director.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Continue seeking God with seriousness. Unless He wanted you, you would not be wanting Him.”
“When you're obsessive, like me, searching for something unattainable can become unhealthy ... it's like falling through the air and grabbing at the clouds.”

Source : "Jonny Wilkinson made all England feel wonderful: we will never forget" by Robert Kitson, www.theguardian.com. December 12, 2011.

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