"I've never been competitive with anybody but myself."

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Ice T

“Designs of purely arbitrary nature cannot be expected to last long.”
“In this world, where everything happens so fast, it's hard to sit back, take the time and contemplate.”
“Thought would destroy their paradise.”
“The optimist, as you probably know, is a person who, when he wears out his shoes, just figures he's back on his feet.”

Source : Hartman Rector, Jr. (2011). “Already to Harvest”, p.23, Cedar Fort
“Nothing out of the ordinary ever occurs to me when I'm by myself. But you attract duels, ambushes, immortal enemies, obscure creatures such as the Ra'zac, long-lost family members, and mysterious acts of magic as if they were were starving weasels and you were a rabbit that wandered into their den. Saphira”
“Serve yourself, put the food away, then eat.”

Source : "How To Live To 100 - Nine Healthy Habits" by Dan Buettner, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 3, 2008.
“I came to realize that far more important to me than any plot or conventional sense was the sheer directionality I felt while reading prose, the texture of time as it passed, life's white machine.”

Source : Ben Lerner (2012). “Leaving the Atocha Station”, p.11, Granta Books
“So when the world knocks at your front door, clutch the knob and open on up, running forward into its widespread greeting arms with your hands before you, fingertips trembling though they may be.”

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