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“When his grandchildren had been little, they had asked if they could hide inside the clock. Now he wanted to gather them and open himself up and hide them among his ribs and faintly ticking heart.”
Source : Paul Harding (2011). “Tinkers”, p.34, Random House
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“Women are often under the impression that men are much more madly in love with them than they really are.”
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“Look, you can date whoever you want and I will totally support you. I am all about support. Support is my middle name.†“So that’s why you never told me your middle name. I figured it was something embarrassing.”
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“Instead of constantly adapting to change, why not change to be adaptive?”
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“It is worth while too to warn the teacher that undue severity in correcting faults is liable at times to discourage a boy's mind from effort.”
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“When you win a race like this the feeling is very, very good. There have been times when I have been flat-out to finish sixth, but you can't see that from the outside. In 1980 I finished three or four times in seventh place. I pushed like mad, yet everyone was gathered around the winner and they were thinking that I was just trundling around. But that's motor racing. So in fact the only thing you can judge in this sport is the long term. You can judge a career or a season, but not one race.”
Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com. 
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“To dare, and again dare, and forever dare!”
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“I wish I could just go tell all the young women I work with, all these fabulous women, 'Believe in yourself and negotiate for yourself. Own your own success.' I wish I could tell that to my daughter. But it's not that simple.”
Source : "Sheryl Sandberg: the first lady of Facebook takes the world stage" by Dominic Rushe, www.theguardian.com. January 24, 2012.
