Eric Weiner Quotes
Haydn, Beethoven, Mozart, none of them were born in Vienna. They all moved there. It became a magnet, but what made it magnetized in the first place? There has to be a seed there. In the case of Vienna of about 1780, it was this deep-seated love of music.
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When the electricity goes out and everything else goes out -- you don't have the pumps to pump it out either. Because it doesn't work either.
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A good Soul hath neither too great joy, nor too great sorrow: for it rejoiceth in goodness; and it sorroweth in wickedness. By the means whereof, when it beholdeth all things, and seeth the good and bad so mingled together, it can neither rejoice greatly; nor be grieved with over much sorrow.
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To quote a noted Jewish humorist, Sholom Aleichem: “First comes health. You can always hang yourself later."
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Being pro-life doesn't save babies, acting pro-life does.
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East of the sun and west of the moon.
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If my daughter has a bad dream and wants to get into my bed, I'm a sucker for her sweet face and warm body next to mine, so I let her jump in. I should tell her to go to bed, but secretly I love it.
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People travel to marvel at the mountains, seas, rivers and stars and they pass right by themselves without astonishment.
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I am a disaster magnet. I came home from our first anniversary vacation with jellyfish stings, a puncture wound from a wrought iron pineapple and a cork-shaped bruise in my cleavage.
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There are two ways to become famous. Degrade yourself or have talent. The first way is easier.
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New York cold gets into your bones, and you can't move.
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Haydn, Beethoven, Mozart, none of them were born in Vienna. They all moved there. It became a magnet, but what made it magnetized in the first place? There has to be a seed there. In the case of Vienna of about 1780, it was this deep-seated love of music.
