"I should like to suggest that at least on the face of it a stroke by stroke story of a copulation is exactly as absurd as a chew by chew account of the consumption of a chicken's wing."

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Source : William H. Gass (2014). “On Being Blue: A Philosophical Inquiry”, p.20, New York Review of Books

William H. Gass

#Wings Quotes #Stories Quotes #Faces Quotes

“Bear in mind that the measure of a man is the worth of the things he cares about. If it is good to say or do something, then it is even better to be criticized for having said or done it.”
“I'm a bit of a like girly-girl, really, I like flowery stuff.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Genuine relationships depend first on a healthy relationship with ourselves.”
“Being fearless doesn't mean living a life devoid of fear, but living a life in which our fears don't hold us back”

Source : FaceBook post by Arianna Huffington from Apr 30, 2014
“I go out and look for a good story to tell and if I like it enough and I decide to direct it, I become dangerously involved in becoming a part of that story.”
“Scientific truth is universal, because it is only discovered by the human brain and not made by it, as art is.”
“Nobody has ever accused Donald Trump of lowering the temperature on anything - I don't think.”

Source : "Young Republican Roundtable: Shifting Views After Election Of Donald Trump". "Weekend Edition Sunday" with Rachel Martin, www.npr.org. November 13, 2016.
“The past was always there, lived inside of you, and it helped to make you who you were. But it had to be placed in perspective. The past could not dominate the future.”

Source : FaceBook post by Barbara Taylor Bradford from Sep 14, 2014

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