"The reason I was able to give up smoking was because of the computer. You couldn't lean a cigarette on a computer, like you could on a typewriter. So it just made it that much more difficult to smoke. So I quit."

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Robert Stone

#Giving Up Quotes #Typewriters Quotes #Smoking Quotes

“Few men can afford to be angry.”

Source : Edmund Burke, Augustine Birrell (1945). “Burke's Speech on Conciliation with America”
“What constitutes a good manager in this field? He must be knowledgeable in the art with which he is concerned, an impresario, labor negotiator, diplomat, educator, publicity and public relations expert, politician, skilled businessman, a social sophisticate, a servant of the community, a tireless leader - becomingly humble before authority - a teacher, a tyrant, and a continuing student of the arts.”
“Cat, hmmm? From where I sit you look more like a Kitten." My head jerked around and I shot him an annoyed look. Oh, I was going to enjoy this, all right. "It's Cat," I repeated firmly. "Cat Raven." "Whatever you say, Kitten Tweedy.”
“If you have a dream, only share it with those that are going to support you. Walk toward it on a daily basis and don't let anyone's doubting or negativity throw you off your path.”
“When I was younger I was obsessed with 'Star 80,' and it's just a great movie - I think I saw it three times in the theater.”
“Life began with waking up and loving my mother's face.”
“It is because Humanity has never known where it was going that it has been able to find its way.”
“SchrÃ¶dinger's cat has a 50% quantum chance of coming out of the box alive and a 50% quantum chance of coming out dead. If you got in the box with it, the same would apply to you. So you really don't want to do that.”

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