Lakshmi Pratury Quotes
We've been brought up to pick one thing in life and become really good at just that. But that's never what I wanted to be. I was always interested in many things at the same time, and I wanted to try all of them at the same time, too.
Lakshmi Pratury
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Metaphysics is a dark ocean without shores or lighthouse, strewn with many a philosophic wreck.
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Men of New England, I hold you to the doctrines of liberty which ye inherit from your Puritan forefathers.
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A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.
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We've been brought up to pick one thing in life and become really good at just that. But that's never what I wanted to be. I was always interested in many things at the same time, and I wanted to try all of them at the same time, too.
Lakshmi Pratury
