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“You will never meet anyone who has done something great who waited for permission to do something great.”
― I Wrote This For You
― I Wrote This For You
“The purpose of school should be to prepare kids for the rest of their lives, but too often what kids need to be prepared for is surviving the school day itself.”
― Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
― Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
“Is there any more futile, soul-irradiating experience than standing before the little window on a microwave oven watching the carousel slowly revolve your frozen block of dinner?”
― Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation
― Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation
“Oh Christ, he groaned to himself, if this is the stuff adults have to think about I never want to grow up”
― It
― It
“The ads have also helped manufacture a sense of panic about time, depicting families so rushed and harried in the morning that there is no time to make breakfast, not even to pour some milk over a bowl of cereal. No, the only hope is to munch on a cereal bar (iced with synthetic “milk” frosting) in the bus or car. (Tell me: Why can’t these hassled families set their alarm clocks, like, ten minutes earlier?!)”
― Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation
― Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation
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