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You figured most of them would probably marry dopey guys. Guys that talk about how many miles they get to a gallon in their goddam cars. Guys that get sore and childish as hell if you beat them at golf, or even just some stupid game like ping-pong. Guys that are very mean. Guys that never read books. J. D. Salinger
Wealth is a monster. It takes a month to learn to control it financially. And many years to learn to control it psychologically. John Fowles
Jeffrey Eugenides quote: "A seven-year-old girl can take only so many walks with her..."
A seven-year-old girl can take only so many walks with her grandfather. Jeffrey Eugenides
One has not the alternative of speaking of London as a whole, for the simple reason that there is no such thing as the whole of it. It is immeasurable—embracing arms never meet. Rather it is a collection of many wholes, and of which of them is it most important to speak? Henry James
William Shakespeare quote: "One man in his time plays many parts"
One man in his time plays many parts William Shakespeare
Margaret Mitchell quote: "Babies, babies, babies. Why did God make so many babies? But..."
Babies, babies, babies. Why did God make so many babies? But no, God didn't make them. Stupid people made them. Margaret Mitchell
Paul Theroux quote: "Ambassador Noyes had another trait I had noticed in many..."
Ambassador Noyes had another trait I had noticed in many slow-witted people: he was tremendously interested in philosophy. Paul Theroux
Joseph Campbell quote: "Not all who hesitate are lost. The psyche has many secrets in..."
Not all who hesitate are lost. The psyche has many secrets in reserve. And these are not disclosed unless required. Joseph Campbell
If anyone is going to see the gospel as true and good, satanic blindness and natural deadness must be overcome by the power of God. This is why the Bible says that even though the gospel foolishness to many, yet 'to those who are called...Christ [is] the power of God and the wisdom of God' (1 Corinthians 1:24). The 'calling' is the merciful act of God to remove natural deadness and satanic blindness, so that we see Christ as true and good. The merciful act is itself a blood-bought gift of... John Piper
Jodi Picoult quote: "I wonder if you've got a minute."I have many minutes, all of..."
I wonder if you've got a minute."I have many minutes, all of them used toward a common purpose. Jodi Picoult
If for every error and every act of incompetence one can substitute an act of treason, many points of fascinating interpretation are open to the paranoid imagination. Richard Hofstadter
You will find yourself among people. There is no help for this nor should you want it otherwise. The passages where no one waits are dark and hard to navigate. The wet walls touch your shoulders on each side. When the trees were there I cared that they were there. And now they are gone, does it matter? The passages where no one waits go on and give no promise of an end. You will find yourself among people, Faces, clothing, teeth and hair and words, and many words When there was life, I said... Paul Bowles
But because of his telling, many who did not believe have come to believe, and some who did not care have come to care. He tells the story, out of infinite pain, partly to honor the dead, but also to warn the living - to warn the living that it could happen again and that it must never happen again. Better than one heart be broken a thousand times in the retelling, he has decided, if it means that a thousand other hearts need not be broken at all. (vi) Elie Wiesel
Neil Simon quote: "Never have so many given so much for so long for so little for..."
Never have so many given so much for so long for so little for so few for so seldom. Neil Simon
We have probably wondered in our many lonesome moments if there is one corner in this competitive, demanding world where it is safe to be relaxed, to expose ourselves to someone else, and to give unconditionally. It might be very small and hidden, but if this corner exists, it calls for a search through the complexities of our human relationships in order to find it. Henri Nouwen

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