"My first months in Sofia were a time of intense disorientation: I had never been to that part of the world before; I could barely speak the language; everything seemed strange to me."

-- Garth Greenwell

#Months Quotes #Firsts Quotes #World Quotes

“The weight is off my shoulders. I don't live in the past anymore. I look forward, instead of back.”
“People need to know why we, as the Jewish people, have a right to be here. We need to tell people what we are doing here... My tourism guidebook is the Bible.”
“A half century of living should put a good deal into a person's face besides a few wrinkles and some unwelcome folds around the chin.”
“I talked with people starting up in the middle of the recession and employees, and supplies and office space were cheap. As far as companies that are already in existence, many became more creative with how they spent their money. A lot of them stopped wasting money that they didn't know they were wasting after they looked hard at their businesses. Some had to change business models because of the economy. Their market didn't exist or wasn't as big anymore.”
“The refusal to acknowledge the scientific value of embryonic stem cell research is one more tragic misstep.”
“What's the longest walk in golf? It's from the practice tee to the first tee. I don't care if it's 10 yards. It's the longest walk in golf. Winners take their swing with them. Losers don't.”
“The whole tone now of TV is under 35 and directed toward males,”
“It is looking at things for a long time that ripens you and gives you a deeper meaning.”

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