Damn! - I'd rather walk into something of my own accord than to be frogmarched into it."" So it says here in the file. James Mowry, twenty-six, restless and pigheaded. Can be trusted to do anything at all - provided the alternative is worse."" You sound like my father. Did he tell you that?"" The Service does not reveal its sources of information. Eric Frank Russell
Hardest of all, as one becomes older, is to accept that sapient remarks can be drawn from the most unwelcome or seemingly improbable sources, and that the apparently more trustworthy sources can lead one astray.
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Christopher Hitchens
The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness.
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Eric Hoffer
Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new films, music, books, paintings, photographs, poems, dreams, random conversations, architecture, bridges, street signs, trees, clouds, bodies of water, light and shadows. Select only things to steal from...
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Jim Jarmusch
In the old days, a liberal and a conservative (a “dove” and a “hawk, ” say) got their data from one of three nightly news programs, a local paper, and a handful of national magazines, and were thus starting with the same basic facts (even...
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George Saunders
The reality is that we will continue to hear negative information from many sources. It lies in our will to decide whether to discard them into the waste bin or record them into our brains!
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Israelmore Ayivor
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If one would praise the Almighty, one must then revel in His works, and take them whole, adore their very grossness, savor the oozing quiddity of that slime of which He seems to be inordinately fond. Love is not nice. God's love assuredly is not;...
What doesthis F. – I.W. mean?”“ Initial-slang, ” informed Baines. “Made correctby common usage. <span style="margin:15px; display:block"></span>It has become a worldwidemotto. You’ll see it all over the place if you haven’tnoticed it already.”“ I have seen it here and there but attached no importanceto it...
Inside, Harrison came face to face witha small man wearing immense plus fours.“ Looking for someone?” asked the small man.“ Yes, the fire chief.”“ Who’s he?” By now prepared for this sort of thing, Harrisonspoke as one would to a child. “See here, Mister, thisis...
How can trade be bad if you don’t make moneyeven when it’s good?” inquired Gleed, reasonablyapplying the information Harrison had given him. Jeff’s big moon eyes went over him slowly thenturned to Harrison. “So he’s another bum off yourboat, eh? What’s he talking about?”“ Money,...
Damn! - I'd rather walk into something of my own accord than to be frogmarched into it."" So it says here in the file. James Mowry, twenty-six, restless and pigheaded. Can be trusted to do anything at all - provided the alternative is worse."" You...
