"Hmmmm...There certainly are a lot of pretty boys in this world."

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Source : L. A. Meyer (2008). “In the Belly of the Bloodhound: Being an Account of a Particularly Peculiar Adventure in the Life of Jacky Faber”, p.12, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

L.A. Meyer

#Boys Quotes #World Quotes #This World Quotes

“People who think they know what they are talking about when they talk about baseball include the announcers and all of the sports press - no matter how much evidence you present them to the contrary they will continue to think that what they think is right.”
“The bigger-is-better form of evangelism may have passed, .. The emerging generation has been so advertised, media-tised and oversold that the smaller, quieter and more authentic is the growing edge of their experience.”
“We are all continually asked to learn how to ask for what we need, only to practice accepting what we're given.”
“It is a well-known fact that we always recognize our homeland when we are about to lose it.”
“Those with power are frequently least aware of -- or least willing to acknowledge -- its existence [and] those with less power are often most aware of its existence.”

Source : Lisa Delpit (2013). “Other People's Children: Cultural Conflict in the Classroom”, p.37, The New Press
“Lull'd in the countless chambers of the brain, Our thoughts are link'd by many a hidden chain; Awake but one, and lo, what myriads rise! Each stamps its image as the other flies!”
“If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, you have won even before you have started.”
“Messages that fail to fascinate will become irrelevant.”

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