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I like what I'm doing. Today at 88, I wouldn't think of quitting because I can't think of anything else I would rather do. And now with my lectures on all the charitable things that I do, just as you do, I think that what I'm doing matters. ↗

— Art Linkletter

#because #charitable #doing #else #i

A practical botanist will distinguish at the first glance the plant of the different quarters of the globe and yet will be at a loss to tell by what marks he detects them. ↗

— Carolus Linnaeus

#distinguish #first #glance #globe #loss

Traits like humility, courage, and empathy are easily overlooked - but it's immensely important to find them in your closest relationships. ↗

— Laura Linney

#courage #easily #empathy #find #humility

What people can survive and what they don't survive is shocking to me. Someone can go to Iraq and be blown to bits and survive. Someone can trip and fall on the street and they die - that's that. ↗

— Laura Linney

#blown #die #fall #go #iraq

Courtroom dramas can be boring. ↗

— Laura Linney

#courtroom #dramas

Fame didn't happen to me in my 20s, it has been a gradual thing which probably makes it easier to deal with. ↗

— Laura Linney

#deal #easier #fame #gradual #happen

For me to have the opportunity to stay with one character for, God willing, a long period of time, is really exciting. ↗

— Laura Linney

#exciting #god #long #long period #me

I crave a cone of silence every once in while. ↗