"You mustn't stand about. Come home with me to dinner.â€™ â€˜No.â€™ More shakes his head. â€˜I would rather be blown around on the river and go home hungry. If I could trust you only to put food in my mouth â€“ but you will put words into it."

-- Hilary Mantel

#Home Quotes #Rivers Quotes #Mouths Quotes

“If it were any other way, it would be easy. And if it were any other way, everyone would do it and your work would ultimately be devalued. The yin and yang are clear: without people pushing against your quest to do something worth talking about, it's unlikely it would be worth the journey. Persist.”
“Talent is a tenant in the house owned by genius.”
“[ Computing ] is just a fabulous place for that, because it's a place where you don't have to be a Ph.D. or anything else. It's a place where you can still be an artisan. People are willing to pay you if you're any good at all, and you have plenty of time for screwing around.”
“She was a beautiful woman, if not a happy one, and attracting a man was never a problem. Keeping one, however, was a different matter.”
“I am the Democratic Whip of the White House.”
“No matter how you feel you have to act like you are very popular with yourself; very relaxed and purposeful very unconfused and not like you are walking through the sunshine singing in chains.”
“Historically, the host nations do well in Euro 2000.”
“I think I got hooked up because I try to do good things with the NBA, and they always want somebody who's notable and who's personable with people.”

Source : "Dime Q&A: Darryl Dawkins Reveals The Origin of His Nickname And Recalls His First Dunk". Uproxx Interview, uproxx.com. August 4, 2011.

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