Quote by Nicholson Baker
In my case, adulthood itself was not an advance, although it was a

In my case, adulthood itself was not an advance, although it was a useful waymark. – Nicholson Baker

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Footnotes are the finer-suckered surfaces that allow testicular paragraphs to hold fast to the wider reality of the library. – Nicholson Baker

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Reading
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When I really want to be soothed and reminded of why people bother to fiddle with sentences, I often read poetry. – Nicholson Baker

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Poetry
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Wikipedia is just an incredible thing. It is fact-encirclingly huge, and it is idiosyncratic, careful, messy, funny, shocking and full of simmering controversies – and it is free, and it is fast. – Nicholson Baker

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funny
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Ah, but I was so much older then, Im younger than that now. – Bob Dylan

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Only the middle-aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits. – Hervey Allen

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True maturity is only reached when a man realizes he has become a father figure to his girlfriends boyfriends — and he accepts it. – Larry Mcmurtry

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Where id was, there shall ego be. – Sigmund Freud

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A woman is like a tea bag – you cant tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water. – Eleanor Roosevelt

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After all, I long to be in America again, nay, if I can go home to return no more to Europe, it seems to me that I shall ever enjoy more peace of mind, and even Physical comfort than I can meet with in any portion of the world beside. – John James Audubon

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My priority is to turn people – especially kids – on to sports and being active so they dont even have to think about it being good for their health. If people participate for the fun of it, and believe me – it is fun, then fitness programs will be much more successful. – Alan Thicke

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