Rumaan Alam Shopping for clothes is time consuming, it’s tiring, and it can feel like a waste of an autumn afternoon. – Rumaan Alam Afternoon Quotes Autumn Quotes Clothes Quotes Consuming Quotes Feel Quotes Shopping Quotes Time Quotes Tiring Quotes Waste Quotes To be five years old is to be surprised by life. I’m amused by my children’s awe at quotidian things – a toy helicopter, a bubble bath, the visible tentacles on a plate of calamari. And I’m envious of their ability to attain something I often can’t: a state of transcendence induced by art. I’ve spent many hours of my life browsing in stores. At 21, I admired clothes I couldn’t afford. At 30, I bought them. At 40, I sometimes go simply for the pleasure, of seeing what is new, of learning what counts as beautiful now.
Dallas Willard When I left home after graduating high school, I left as a migrant agricultural worker with a Modern Library edition of Plato in my duffel bag. It sounds kind of crazy, but I loved it. I loved the stuff. Before I knew there was a subject called philosophy, I loved it. – Dallas Willard
Lisa Scottoline You don’t have to be dead to write a classic, and you don’t have to be literary to be smart. – Lisa Scottoline
Mamie Gummer I feel like I’m a secondary artist, a kind of a conduit for the writer, and if it’s a good writer, then I have a great road map. – Mamie Gummer
Marilyn MansonNature All the seven deadly sins are man’s true nature. To be greedy. To be hateful. To have lust. Of course, you have to control them, but if you’re made to feel guilty for being human, then you’re going to be trapped in a never-ending sin-and-repent cycle that you can’t escape from. – Marilyn Manson
Ahmet Ertegun There’s no place in the world you can go and not hear rock-and-roll, from Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder to Phil Collins. – Ahmet Ertegun
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