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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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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So I really began as a failed poet – although when I first wanted to be a writer, I learned to write prose by reading poetry. – Nicholson Baker

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Poetry
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I think I am done with Wikipedia for the time being. But I have a secret hope. Someone recently proposed a Wikimorgue – a bin of broken dreams where all rejects could still be read, as long as they werent libelous or otherwise illegal. – Nicholson Baker

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By the age of twenty, any young man should know whether or not he is to be a specialist and just where his tastes lie. By postponing the question we have set on immaturity a premium which controls most American personality to its deathbed. – Robert S. Hillyer

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Maturity

Maturity is the capacity to endure uncertainty. – John Huston Finley

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Maturity

I believe the sign of maturity is accepting deferred gratification. – Peggy Cahn

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Maturity

Maturity is the ability to reap without apology and not complain when things dont go well. – Jim Rohn

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Maturity

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Music is your guide. – Billy Corgan

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Music

Its funny – I read that women look to chiseled-faced guys for one-night stands, and to round-faced guys for marriage. When Im rounder in the face, I like to say, This is my long-term look. Or This is my wife-and-kids look right here. – Garrett Hedlund

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funny

Is he alone who has courage on his right hand and faith on his left hand? – Charles Lindbergh

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alone

I know how men in exile feed on dreams. – Aeschylus

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Dreams