"Her cake is a failure, but she is loved anyway. She is loved, she thinks, in more or less the way the gifts will be appreciated: because they have been given with good intentions , because they exist, because they are part of a world in which one wants what one gets."

-- Michael Cunningham

#Thinking Quotes #Cake Quotes #World Quotes

“When the devil is called the god of this world, it is not because he made it, but because we serve him with our worldliness.”
“I was hoping for it to be possibly a movie career as I still would like to see that happen. I enjoyed making 200 Motels and did try out for a few things when I lived in LA, but nothing ever happened. I'm still hoping though.”

Source : Jimmy Carl Black Interview by Stephen Moore in Munich, Germany, www.stevemoorebooks.com. March 29, 2000.
“I don't think I could live with anybody. I had roommates, and it's not for me. I like my space!”
“The College World Series, that's the end-all deal as a college player. To get a chance to play in the World Series and win it, that was surreal.”
“I don't think anybody is wanting to put me back on the air. But I'm certainly out there trying.”

Source : Interview with Peter Anthony Holder, www.peteranthonyholder.com. May 24, 1995.
“The old bastions of the post-communist regime collapsed before my very eyes. The monsters who had kept Ukraine in a criminal state left the stage.”
“If for you the most important thing is to make a lot of money, then you don't want to take a certain type of risk. If, on another hand, the most important thing to you is to make people around you have a more fulfilled life, then there is a different set of things that are important to you. Unless you really know that about yourself, you will never be able to appropriately assess risk.”
“When I was writing, I wanted every word to be not only deliberate, but musical. Precious.”

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