Oddly Specific Quotes

#1. An artist's work is almost entirely inquiry based and self-regulated. It is a fragile process of teaching oneself to work alone, and focusing on how to hone your quirky creative obsessions so that they eventually become so oddly specific that they can only be your own.

Teresita Fernandez

#2. Fear is
nothing more than a mental monster you have created, a negative
stream of consciousness

Robin S. Sharma

#3. Plans are invitation to disappointment.

Derek Landy

#4. What are they now? he asks. He widens his eyes a little, leans closer, lets me look as long and as deep as I want.

Ally Condie

#5. The influence of the factory upon the physiological and mental state of the workers has been completely neglected.

Alexis Carrel

#6. Never look in the mirror when your stressed it's contagious

Benny Bellamacina

#7. They probably do have an Asian Barbie.

Iris Chang

#8. One cannot deny that in former times man's life had been one of toil and hardship. It is correct to say, therefore, that modern civilization and the progress of science have greatly improved man's life and have brought comfort and ease in their trail.

Haile Selassie

#9. Walking shares with making and working that crucial element of engagement of the body and the mind with the world, of knowing the world through the body and the body through the world.

Rebecca Solnit

#10. I love this one in A. J. Jacobs "The Year of Living Bibically". Jacobs has a Jewish friend living in Wisconsin who tells Jacobs the Jews there refer to themselves as "the frozen chosen".

A. J. Jacobs

#11. I think the biggest misconception about me is people really don't know who I really am. They see the party side of me, they see the crazy side of me. But I also have a laid-back side. You know, I'm chill, down to earth. If you want to grab a cup of coffee and just talk about life, I can do that.

Nicole Polizzi