"We live in a world made up more of story than stuff. We are creatures of memory more than reminders, of love more than likes. Being attentive to the needs of others might not be the point of life, but it is the work of life. It can be messy, and painful, and almost impossibly difficult. But it is not something we give. It is what we get in exchange for having to die."

-- Jonathan Safran Foer

#Memories Quotes #Giving Quotes #Needs Quotes

“The best thing that can come with success is the knowledge that it is nothing to long for.”
“I think most people, no matter their status now, have big screen TVs, because they're the standard TVs now. And so why would you go to the cinema?”
“Making your unknown known is the important thing - and keeping the unknown always beyond you - catching - crystalizing your simpler clearer vision of life - only to see it turn stale compared to what you vaguely feel ahead - that you must always keep working to grasp.”
“I was lucky enough to realize my dream. When I was a little kid in Santa Barbara, sitting on the floor in my grandmother's house, dreaming of maybe one day working for Walt Disney, and to have that dream come true, I think that's pretty remarkable.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“I was the greenest rookie that ever was. One evening I was standing out on the sidewalk when a stranger approached and said, 'You're famous already kid. See, they've named a hotel for you.' I looked across the street and sure enough, there was a big illuminated sign that read 'Johnson Hotel.' Well, do you know that I was so green that I actually believed the man!”
“First, Resolve upon, and daily endeavour to practise, a life of seriousness and strict sobriety.”
“Still being ambitious to want to play on the record, I was a mediocre keyboard player. And uh, I seized the opportunity and played the organ.”

Source : "Rock and Roll". "Shakespeares in the Alley", openvault.wgbh.org. September 1995.
“Regardless of whether or not you belong to a majority religion, in the United States you may not impose your theology on civil law.”

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