“The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority. A second-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority. A first-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking.”
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“There are seven days in a week, and “someday” is not one of them.”
― Fluent in 3 Months: How Anyone at Any Age Can Learn to Speak Any Language from Anywhere in the World
― Fluent in 3 Months: How Anyone at Any Age Can Learn to Speak Any Language from Anywhere in the World
“Jim Jarmusch once told me Fast, Cheap, and Good… pick two. If it’s fast and cheap it won’t be good. If it’s cheap and good, it won’t be fast. If it’s fast and good, it won’t be cheap. Fast, cheap and good … pick two words to live by.
Tom Waits”
― Tom Waits on Tom Waits: Interviews and Encounters
Tom Waits”
― Tom Waits on Tom Waits: Interviews and Encounters
“One of the advantages of being disorganized is that one is always having surprising discoveries.”
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“Piglet sidled up to Pooh from behind.
"Pooh!" he whispered.
"Yes, Piglet?"
"Nothing," said Piglet, taking Pooh's paw. "I just wanted to be sure of you.”
― The House at Pooh Corner
"Pooh!" he whispered.
"Yes, Piglet?"
"Nothing," said Piglet, taking Pooh's paw. "I just wanted to be sure of you.”
― The House at Pooh Corner
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