"Once you get over the first hill, there is always a new, higher one lurking, of course."

-- Esa-Pekka Salonen

#Firsts Quotes #Hills Quotes #Higher Quotes

“If you can't take it, you won't make it.”
“If you are truly flexible and go until... there is really very little you can't accomplish in your lifetime.”
“Lettuce, greens and celery, though much eaten, are worse than cabbage, being equally indigestible without the addition of condiments. Besides, the lettuce contains narcotic properties. It is said of Galen, that he used to obtain from a head of it, eaten on going to bed, all the good effects of a dose of opium.”

Source : William Andrus Alcott (1838). “The Young House-keeper: Or, Thoughts on Food and Cookery”, p.191
“Autumn is as joyful and sweet as an untimely end.”
“The only time I ever appeared in the 'Enquirer' was for a piece about people who let their hair grow gray. I guess I'm not much of a wild child.”
“That's the thing about the writer's life is that you have to have self-discipline. Otherwise you'll never get paid.”

Source : Source: comicsbulletin.com
“Get rid of anything that isnâ€™t useful, beautiful or joyful.”
“Seek to get more deeply involved in the business that you are in. If I had to distill it down into one word, you have to be curious as a professional.”

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