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Able Quotes - Page 140

If it doesn't fit, you must acquit.

Johnnie Cochran, David Fisher (2003). “A Lawyer's Life”, p.108, Macmillan

Life is very tough. If you don't laugh, it's tough.

"11 Things Joan Rivers Taught Us About Life" by Erin Weinger, www.hollywoodreporter.com. September 4, 2014.

I hate thin people; 'Oh, does the tampon make me look fat?'

"Joan Rivers’ Birthday: Her Funniest Fashion Disses (PHOTOS)" by Lauren Leibowitz, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 8, 2013.

any compulsion tries to justify itself.

Joan Didion (2013). “Slouching Towards Bethlehem”, p.98, Zola Books

I've been really opinionated my whole life. I was raised to be opinionated. I was raised to debate at the dinner table - my father demanded it - and you had to be able to debate in a confident and clear way.

"Composer Jeanine Tesori on Her Artistic Process and Rewarding Female Ambition". Interview with Victoria Myers, www.indiewire.com. March 27, 2015.

Poetry is indispensable - if I only knew what for.

"The Necessity of Art". Book by Ernst Fischer, 1959.

Older people do a better job of managing their impulses, and so they're better able to put off putting off.

"Ask the Author Live: James Surowiecki on Procrastination". Live chat, www.newyorker.com. October 1, 2010.