"In all worldly things that a man pursues with the greatest eagerness he finds not half the pleasure in the possession that he proposed to himself in the expectation."

-- Robert South

#Men Quotes #Expectations Quotes #Half Quotes

“Going to Omaha for the College World Series - the people there are tremendous - huge crowds and a lot of excitement. I still remember those days - you make a lot of friends that you never forget when you win a championship like that.”

Source : Interview with Jon Robinson, www.ign.com. January 26, 2006.
“To teach a child an instrument without first giving him preparatory training and without developing singing, reading and dictating to the highest level along with the playing is to build upon sand.”
“The more I take care of myself, the more prosperous I am.”
“There is no social evil, no form of injustice whether of the feudal or the capitalist order which has not been sanctified in some way or other by religious sentiment and thereby rendered more impervious to change.”
“To a large degree, those early lean days were self-imposed.”

Source : "Rod Taylor, Star of 'The Birds' and 'The Time Machine,' Dies at 84" by Mike Barnes, www.hollywoodreporter.com. January 8, 2015.
“Iâ€™ve been walking about London for the last thirty years, and I find something fresh in it every day.”
“Wakin' up to find another day. The moon got lost again last night, but now the sun has finally had its say.”

Source : Song: 4 In The Morning, Album: The Sweet Escape
“Another cultural thing that's really creepy. It's not like in the '60s, where there were definitely great high points of creativity where people were trying to outdo each other to be noticed even”

Source : "Burning Airlines". Interview with Camilo Arturo Leslie, pitchfork.com. February 1, 2001.

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