Deborah Pickstone

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Deborah’s Quotes

“Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.”
― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

tags: reading

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“Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.”
― Frank Zappa

tags: music, philosophy, progress

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“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde

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“She feels in italics and thinks in CAPITALS.”
― Henry James

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“There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has a longer shelf life.”
― Frank Zappa

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