Quote by Annie Dillard
A schedule defends from chaos and whim. It is a net for catching d

A schedule defends from chaos and whim. It is a net for catching days. It is a scaffolding on which a worker can stand and labor with both hands at sections of time. – Annie Dillard

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People love pretty much the same things best. A writer looking for subjects inquires not after what he loves best, but after what he alone loves at all. – Annie Dillard

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Appealing workplaces are to be avoided. One wants a room with no view, so imagination can meet memory in the dark. – Annie Dillard

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As soon as beauty is sought not from religion and love, but for pleasure, it degrades the seeker. – Annie Dillard

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The most thought-provoking thing in our thought-provoking time is that we are still not thinking. – Martin Heidegger

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Some people see things that are and ask, Why? Some people dream of things that never were and ask, Why not? Some people have to go to work and dont have time for all that. – George Carlin

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Children are smarter than any of us. Know how I know that? I dont know one child with a full time job and children. – Bill Hicks

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If you want to know about my politics, the only way to do that is to look at my work. – Tommy Lee Jones

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No matter what message you are about to deliver somewhere, whether it is holding out a hand of friendship, or making clear that you disapprove of something, is the fact that the person sitting across the table is a human being, so the goal is to always establish common ground. – Madeleine Albright

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