"Take care! Kingdoms are destroyed by bandits, houses by rats, and widows by suitors."

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Source : Saikaku Ihara (1959). “The Japanese Family Storehouse, Or, The Millionaires' Gospel Modernised”, Cambridge University Press

Ihara Saikaku

#House Quotes #Widows Quotes #Suitors Quotes

“Every man got a right to his own mistakes. Ain't no man that ain't made any.”
“I've always found it pretty difficult to write a happy song.”

Source : "Interview: AWOLNATION Musician: Aaron Bruno". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“When people are out of their comfort zone, it’s more dramatic, more prone to have more entertaining experiences, get into fights. That’s the dramatic instinct, to move people out of what they know and make them deal with it.”

Source : "Interview: Conor McPherson and Ciarán Hinds of ‘The Eclipse’". Interview with Nell Minow, moviemom.maxlazebnik.com. March 25, 2010.
“He had the innate sense that something bad was just around the bend, but a hope that something incredible was waiting in the distance. It had to be. His burning love for her cursed through him until he felt so full he didnâ€™t know whether he would fit through the portal.”
“Even if the chef has a good business head, his focus should be behind kitchen doors. A business partner should take care of everything in front of the kitchen doors.”
“The responsiveness of a firm to the consumer is directly proportionate to the distance on the organization chart from the consumer to the chairman of the board.”
“The dream is you never giving up on your story because no one else can play your part.”
“What excites me? I think it's moving and uplifting my audience. Having them get it and go with it. That excites me.”

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