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Saying Quotes (page 166)

Laurell K. Hamilton quote: "Zebrowski says that if you killed someone else just hide the..."
Zebrowski says that if you killed someone else just hide the body, he's not starting over on the paperwork. Laurell K. Hamilton
Ester asked why people are sad. "That’s simple," says the old man. "They are the prisoners of their personal history. Everyone believes that the main aim in life is to follow a plan. They never ask if that plan is theirs or if it was created by another person. They accumulate experiences, memories, things, other people's ideas, and it is more than they can possibly cope with. And that is why they forget their dreams. Paulo Coelho
William Goldman quote: "Life is pain, highness. Anyone who says differently is selling..."
Life is pain, highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something. William Goldman
How much time he gains who does not look to see what his neighbour says or does or thinks, but only at what he does himself, to make it just and holy. Marcus Aurelius
Abraham Joshua Heschel quote: "Self-respect is the root of discipline: The sense of dignity..."
Self-respect is the root of discipline: The sense of dignity growswith the ability to say no to oneself. Abraham Joshua Heschel
I shall look at you out of the corner of my eye, and you will say nothing. Words are the source of misunderstandings." -from the Fox- Antoine de Saint-Exupery
The genuine artist, Harris is saying, finds reality in a point of identity between subject and object, a point at which the created world and the world that is really there become the same thing. [p.211] Northrop Frye
If you have a sister and she dies, do you stop saying you have one? Or are you always a sister, even when the other half of the equation is gone? Jodi Picoult
If you tell people you talk to God, they'll think you're religious, but if you say God talks to you, it's ten to one they'll think you're crazy. Robert Fulghum
There are these two young fish swimming along and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way, who nods at them and says "Morning, boys. How's the water?" And the two young fish swim on for a bit, and then eventually one of them looks over at the other and goes "What the hell is water? David Foster Wallace
It seems to me that most people are impressed with just three things: how fast you can play, how high you can play, and how loud you can play. I find this a little exasperating, but I'm a lot more experienced now, and understand that probably less than 2 percent of the public can really hear. When I say hear, I mean follow a horn player through his ideas, and be able to understand those ideas in relation to the changes, if the changes are completely modern. Dixie is different - it's easier to... Chet Baker
Cecily: “Miss Prism says that all good looks are a snare” Algernon: “They are a snare that every sensible man would like to be caught in.” Cecily: “Oh, I don’t think I would care to catch a sensible man. I shouldn’t know what to talk to him about. Oscar Wilde
Bret Easton Ellis quote: "This isn't a script," Julian says. "It's not going to add up...."
This isn't a script," Julian says. "It's not going to add up. Not everything's going to come together in the third act. Bret Easton Ellis
Then are we not to see the merry young hobbits again?" said Legolas."I did not say so," said Gandalf. "Who knows? Have patience. Go where you must go, and hope! J. R. R. Tolkien
Agatha Christie quote: "Take what you want, says God, but pay for it"
Take what you want, says God, but pay for it Agatha Christie

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