"Lovers of words have no place where honest work must be done."

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Source : Karen Essex (2008). “Stealing Athena: A Novel”, p.171, Anchor

Karen Essex

#Done Quotes #Lovers Quotes #Honest Quotes

“You may not be responsible for getting knocked down. But you're certainly responsible for getting back up.”
“I mean, look at us. We're all alone in my bedroom and I'm not feeling any urge to make any kinda move on you. That's a pretty big problem.”
“The unsaid message of that endless rack of juniors' pushup bras? No matter what size you are, it still isn't good enough.”
“Porkchops and bacon, my two favorite animals.”
“If you want to be proud of yourself, then do things in which you can take pride”
“We will have to create an avant-garde.... We could have a Union for the enlarged Europe, and a Federation for the avant-garde.”
“What I am saying every day to Malawians is that time has come for us to move from aid to trade. We have picked several sectors that we think we can focus on immediately in order for us to grow our economy. So we have decided to diversify agriculture, we decided to develop our tourism sector, we have decided to develop our mining sector.”

Source : "Malawi's head of state: 'Why I'm selling presidential jet'". Interview with Athena Jones, www.cnn.com. June 21, 2012.
“I really like 'Girls.' I know everybody does, but I love 'Girls.”

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