"I have never been able to discover anything disgraceful in being a colored man. But I have often found it inconvenient - in America."

-- Bert Williams

#Men Quotes #America Quotes #Able Quotes

“A whole other generation is coming up to me now - anywhere from 8 to 22 years old - wanting me to sign autographs. They think Journey was awesome.”
“Because failure isn't an option if success is just a matter of more effort.”

Source : W. Bruce Cameron (2010). “A Dog's Purpose: A Novel for Humans”, p.222, Macmillan
“Art is not for the cultivated taste. It is to cultivate taste.”
“Your successes and happiness are forgiven you only if you generously consent to share them.”
“once, when I was a young lady and on a night express ... I was awakened by a man coming in from the corridor and taking hold of my leg ... Quite as much to my own astonishment as his, I uttered the most appalling growl that ever came out of a tigress. He fled, poor man, without a word: and I lay there, trembling slightly, not at my escape but at my potentialities.”
“Oliver [McCall] has meant so much to my career and showed that in the heavyweight division, anything is possible.”
“Maybe I'm not good for you. Maybe what I feel is wrong. Because I did love Ashton. She was all I needed... but never did I feel the uncontrollable desire to get her underneath me. Never did I make up reasons to get her to wrap her legs around me so I could feel her pressed up against me. Never. He swallowed hard. "Never did I think about being inside her”
“TIPS! How people want tips! They crave not only to get them but to give them.”

Source : Edwin Lefèvre, Jon D. Markman (2010). “Reminiscences of a Stock Operator: With New Commentary and Insights on the Life and Times of Jesse Livermore”, p.251, John Wiley & Sons

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