"I have no intention of uttering my last words on the stage. Room service and a couple of depraved young women will do me quite nicely for an exit."

-- Peter O'Toole

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“When we turn to one another for counsel we reduce the number of our enemies.”
“The thinner the excuse, the fatter the reason for it.”

Source : Jerry Scott, Jim Borgman (2010). “A Zits Guide to Living With Your Teenager”, p.11, Andrews McMeel Publishing
“Do I start with the lyrics? No. Quite honestly, it's the opposite. I generally get the melody first - I kinda fiddle around on the guitar and work out a melody. The lyrics are there to flesh out the tone of the music. I've tried before to do things the other way around, but it never seems to work. Obviously, I spend a lot of time on my lyrics, I take them very seriously, but they're kinda secondary. Well, equal, maybe. I think sometimes that if you write a poem, it should remain as just a poem, just... words.”
“For a while she considered being ill, but she changed her mind...”
“On earth the living have much to bear; the difference is chiefly in the manner of bearing, and my manner of bearing is far from being the best.”

Source : Jane Welsh Carlyle, Thomas Carlyle (1887). “Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle”
“A company is a multidimensional system capable of growth, expansion, and self-regulation. It is, therefore, not a thing but a set of interacting forces. Any theory of organization must be capable of reflecting a company's many facets, its dynamism, and its basic orderliness. When company organization is reviewed, or when reorganizing a company, it must be loked upon as a whole, as a total system.”

Source : Albert Low (1976). “Zen and creative management”, Anchor Books
“Your vigor for life appalls me.”

Source : "Your Vigor for Life Appalls Me: The R. Crumb Letters 1958-1977". Book by Robert Crumb, 1998.
“If you expect perfection from people your whole life is a series of disappointments, grumblings and complaints. If, on the contrary, you pitch your expectations low, taking folks as the inefficient creatures which they are, you are frequently surprised by having them perform better than you had hoped.”

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