"Money talks, but tell me why all it says is just Goodbye."

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Source : Edna O'Brien (2012). “Country Girl”, p.27, Faber & Faber

Edna O'Brien

#Goodbye Quotes #Money Talks Quotes

“The biggest secret about success is that there isn't any big secret about it, or if there is, then it's a secret from me, too. The idea of searching for some secret for trading success misses the point.”
“Sometimes I think if I had to choose between an ear of corn or making love to a woman, I'd choose the corn.”
“I've always been a big fan of books.”
“I have studied at the school of the world.”
“It is the normal state of the human heart to try to build its identity around something besides God.”
“Children will watch anything, and when a broadcaster uses crime and violence and other shoddy devices to monopolize a child's attention, it's worse than taking candy from a baby. It is taking precious time from the process of growing up.”
“It's an interesting thing when you discover something about yourself. To go: 'Wow, I'm not the person I thought I was. I'm in the middle of something and I can't actually deal with it.'”
“The effect of studying masterpieces is to make me admire and do otherwise.”

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