"Una's face was an unbroken block of calculation, saving where, upon her upper lip, a little down of hair fluttered. Yet it gave one an uncanny feeling. It made one think of a tassel on a hammer."

-- Djuna Barnes

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“My life has been one long descent into respectability.”

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“The believer who feels the agony caused by rebellion will grow to become the best intercessor.”
“An absolutely different and distinctive character.”
“It's funny: I spend time in the book criticizing social media, but I'm also aware that a lot of my success is because of social media. I can broadcast myself and my work to thousands of people that are following me or my friends. I do think that social media can be good for self-promotion.”

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“I tilted my chin up a fraction. "You can't f-force me to stay here." I'd only agreed to come this far because I didn't want to stand out in the downpour, for one, and I had high hopes of finding a phone, for two. "That sounded more like a question than a statement," said Patch. "Then ans-s-swer it." His rogue smile crept out. "It's hard to concentrate on answers with you looking like that." I glanced down at Patch's black shirt, wet and clinging to my body. I brushed past him and shut the bathroom door between us.”
“All human power is a compound of time and patience.”
“I have done every job in the Theatre apart from wardrobe. I was out of work more times than I was in it.”
“Your ability to generate power is directly proportional to your ability to relax”

Source : David Allen (2015). “Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity”, p.32, Penguin

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