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61 " No-the lesson of this story has nothing to do with the tortoise, thought the hare, and everything to do with the hare "
― B.J. Novak , One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories
62 " It was a good thing they were used to love, or they might have fainted from the size of the feeling. "
63 " Do you think Johnny Depp should have drive his motorcycle off the mountain highway to his death? Why or why not? "
64 " Being young was her thing, and she was the best at it. But every year, more and more girls came out of nowhere and tried to steal her thing. One of these days I'm gong to have to get a new thing, she thought to herself--but as quietly as she could, because she knew that if anyone caught her thinking this thought, her thing would be right over right then. "
65 " Never, in the history of competition—athletic or otherwise, human or otherwise, mythical or otherwise—has anyone ever kicked anyone’s ass by the order of magnitude that the hare kicked the ass of that goddamn fucking tortoise that afternoon. "
66 " Everyone agreed and then asked what I had in mind. I had no idea what I had in mind. It felt like no one had ever been our age before. "
67 " so far only goes so far. "
68 " Nobody knew why the market was down that day. But it didn’t stop everyone from having a theory. “Worries over Spain’s role in the EU brought the market down today,” said a woman on the radio. “The market had an off day today, due to uncertainty in oil futures,” announced a man on television. “Market Slightly Down as Health Care Details Come into Focus” wrote a newspaper writer. The truth was no one knew why the market was down. It started the day, just … down. It stayed down most of the day. It had an up moment for a little bit around lunch, but was still, just, down. Why "
69 " Love always won. "
70 " He loved saying “Rome” like that. “Head into Rome,” “swing by Rome.” It was just the nearest place to them. How cool was that! Rome, the city of legends, of conquerors, of history, of myth—this was where he bought batteries! "
71 " for fate—or not-fate—I’m still not sure about it, but it’s not something that keeps me up at night. I’ve lived it, and the people who still wonder about that kind of thing can call it whatever they want. "
72 " This Is 40 basically, the one that finally gives you permission to stop waking up in a panic-sweat of misery in the middle of the night to cross-check hisWikipedia bio against your own life and obsess over exactly whatthey had accomplished by the age you are now. "
73 " If you love something, let it go. If you don't love something, definitely let it go. Basically, just drop everything. Who cares. "