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

Other quotes by Annie Dillard

Eskimo: If I did not know about God and sin, would I go to hell? Priest: No, not if you did not know. Eskimo: Then why did you tell me? – Annie Dillard

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God
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Buddhism notes that it is always a mistake to think your soul can go it alone. – Annie Dillard

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alone
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The sea pronounces something, over and over, in a hoarse whisper; I cannot quite make it out. – Annie Dillard

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Water
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You know, people talk about this being an uncertain time. You know, all time is uncertain. I mean, it was uncertain back in – in 2007, we just didnt know it was uncertain. It was – uncertain on September 10th, 2001. It was uncertain on October 18th, 1987, you just didnt know it. – Warren Buffett

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Time

At certain periods of life, we live years of emotion in a few weeks, and look back on those times as on great gaps between the old life and the new. – William Makepeace Thackeray

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Time

The senses deceive from time to time, and it is prudent never to trust wholly those who have deceived us even once. – Rene Descartes

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Time

How can anybody hate nurses? Nobody hates nurses. The only time you hate a nurse is when theyre giving you an enema. – Warren Beatty

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Time

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I dont like it when people on the street say smile or cheer up. Its a real cheap line. Im feeling good. Im feeling real grateful for everything. Its a solid time in my life. When people say I look sad, theyre wrong. – Nicolas Cage

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What men call gallantry, and gods adultery, is much more common where the climates sultry. – Lord (George Gordon) Byron

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Spending time at the Federal Reserve was a good learning opportunity for me. It helped me to understand economic philosophies and polices that I had not previously known about. – Herman Cain

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Women are the real reason we get up every day. Im talking about real men. If there were no women, I would not even have to bathe, because why would I care? These are guys Im hanging with. I wake up for a woman every day of my life to make it happen for her. – Steve Harvey

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