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“That was the source of my vanity and my cowardice: always I believed everyone was watching me.”
Source : Andre Dubus (2010). “Broken Vessels: Essays”, p.51, Open Road Media
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“I don't think in terms of that bizarre tautology 'value for money' in my literary and journalistic work - and nor will I in my academic role. However, if I don't believe I'm helping my students towards a fuller and more empowering relationship with the world, then I'll resign.”
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“Never under any circumstances take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.”
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“It's not your schedule that keeps you from praying, it's your failure to realize the importance of prayer.”
Source : Jim George (2015). “A Man After God's Own Heart--A Devotional”, p.137, Harvest House Publishers
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“If man were immortal he could be perfectly sure of seeing the day when everything in which he had trusted should betray his trust.”
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“The truth is scary, but knowing nothing is crippling.”
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“They say teenagers can sleep all day. I often used to look at dogs and be amazed by the way they seemed to sleep for twenty hours a day. But I envied them too. It was the kind of lifestyle I could relate to.We didn't sleep for twenty hours, but we gave it our best shot.”
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“With high trust, success comes faster, better, and at lower cost.”
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“The French say that to part is to die a little. To be forgotten too is to die a little. It is to lose some of the links that anchor us to the rest of humanity.”
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“I didn't come in and say: "I'm a singer." I came into the band as a second guitar player and a vocalist, but not the songwriter. I had been writing poetry for years, so I sort of had the nature of the words. I felt like no one else could sing my lyrics, so I took a crack at it.”
Source : "Cap the Old Times: The Story of Interpol's Turn on the Bright Lights". Interview with Ian Cohen, pitchfork.com. November 29, 2012.