"A wise man distrusts his neighbor. A wiser man distrusts both his neighbor and himself. The wisest man of all distrusts his government."

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Source : Taylor Caldwell (2017). “The Devil's Advocate: The Epic Novel of One Man's Fight to Save America from Tyranny”, p.292, Open Road Media

Taylor Caldwell

#Wise Quotes #Men Quotes #Neighbor Quotes

“Little round planet in a big universe, sometimes it looks blessed, sometimes it looks cursed. Depends what you look at obviously, but even more it depends on the way that you see.”

Source : Song: Child of the Wind
“I feel like I'm a filmmaker; I don't feel I need to yell action and cut.”
“When you fall asleep after a big lunch you're really just saving up energy to work off all the calories later on.”
“There's no magic numbers in birthdays in my life, there are no milestones, there's no event. Every birthday has to be celebrated to its fullest, even if it's with one person or with 20.”
“Gangnam is a territory in Seoul, Korea. I describe it as noble at the daytime and going crazy at the night time. I compare ladies to the territory. So - noble at the daytime, going crazy at the night time - and the lyric says I am the right guy for the lady who is like that.”

Source : "In South Korea, K-Pop Gets New King". Interview with Guy Raz, wwno.org. September 18, 2012.
“People say you're born innocent, but it's not true. You inherit all kinds of things that you can do nothing about. You inherit your identity, your history, like a birthmark that you can't wash off. ... We are born with our heads turned back, but my mother says we have to face into the future now. You have to earn your own innocence, she says. You have to grow up and become innocent.”
“the snow ... came in thick tufts like new wool - washed before the weaver spins it.”
“It's doubtful that anyone with an internet connection at his workplace is writing good fiction.”

Source : "Ten rules for writing fiction" by Jonathan Franzen, www.theguardian.com. February 19, 2010.

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