"No one ever found wisdom without also being a fool. Writers, alas, have to be fools in public, while the rest of the human race can cover its tracks."

-- Erica Jong

#Thinking Quotes #Race Quotes #Track Quotes

“Children are like tiny flowers: They are varied and need care, but each is beautiful alone and glorious when seen in the community of peers.”
“As best I can tell there was no advance warning of the attack on the World Trade Center in 1993, which was the first significant foreign terrorist activity in the U.S. No tip-offs that it was coming.”

Source : "Listen to the Admiral". Interview with Ann Louise Bardach, www.slate.com. December 16, 2004.
“It occured to Starling how much Roden would benefit from an elbow smash in the hinge of his jaw.”
“We inhabit ourselves without valuing ourselves, unable to see that here, now, this very moment is sacred; but once itâ€™s gone â€“ its value is incontestable.”
“In real life, I'm gorgeous, beautiful.”

Source : "Rachel Dratch: Hollywood sees me as a troll", www.cbsnews.com. April 11, 2012.
“Overachievement is aimed at people who want to maximize their potential. And to do that, I insist you throw caution to the wind, ignore the pleas of parents, coaches, spouses, and bosses to be "realistic." Realistic people do not accomplish extraordinary things because the odds against success stymie them. The best performers ignore the odds. I will show you that instead of limiting themselves to what's probable, the best will pursue the heart-pounding, exciting, really big, difference-making dreams-so long as catching them might be possible.”
“I'm always the guy on tour that tries to get guys chatting and a lot of banter back and forth so I definitely feel that a lot of bodybuilders have that comedic side in them, they're just a little bit more introverted.”

Source : Source: monstersupplements.com
“Making music and art is about expressing something that's universally human, maybe even beyond human, at best.”

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