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About 15 years ago I went though a period of a year or so when I j

About 15 years ago I went though a period of a year or so when I just couldnt find anything good. My wife noticed I was having trouble reading menus. I bought some cheap reading glasses in a drug store. I got home and suddenly all these books that werent good were good. – Richard Russo

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My dad had this rock hard body and would work 12- to 13-hour days. The guys he worked with were scrap-iron guys. Nobody on that road crew had read a book in 10 years, but there was something about the way they lived I really admired. – Richard Russo

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At the risk of appearing disingenuous, I dont really think of myself as writing humor. Im simply reporting on the world I observe, which is frequently hilarious. – Richard Russo

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My books are elegiac in the sense that theyre odes to a nation that even I sometimes think may not exist anymore except in my memory and my imagination. – Richard Russo

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Home is where you can say anything you like cause nobody listens to you anyway. – Author Unknown

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The only place Ive felt was really my home is my cabin up north. Theres something in the water there that connects me to that place. Theres also this sense of isolation and loneliness about it that Ive never been able to shake. – Jessica Lange

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A fan sent me a letter and a $10 bill. Its a short letter – all she said was, Hey, since its harder for you to go out these days without getting photographed, here $10 for a pizza. I was like, Aww, she sent me money for a pizza so I could eat at home! – Zac Efron

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A man marries to have a home, but also because he doesnt want to be bothered with sex and all that sort of thing. – W. Somerset Maugham

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It takes great wit and interest and energy to be happy. The pursuit of happiness is a great activity. One must be open and alive. It is the greatest feat man has to accomplish. – Robert Herrick

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Laws control the lesser man. Right conduct controls the greater one. – Chinese Proverb

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The long, cold Minnesota winters instilled in me a fascination for exotic far off places I aspired toward a career in tropical diseases and world health problems. – Peter Agre

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Ruin and recovery are both from within. – Epictetus

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