"When HSBC took the painting out of their building, they had to block the road and use a crane to bring the painting out from the window. They spent about 20,000 dollars just to get the painting out of the building! They said not to bring it back, and told Sotheby's to sell it immediately!"

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Source : Interview with Jane DeBevoise, www.aaa-a.org. March 25, 2010.

Liu Dan

#Block Quotes #Dollars Quotes #Use Quotes

“The world is wide, and I will not waste my life in friction when it could be turned into momentum.”
“There is hope for the future because God has a sense of humor and we are funny to God.”
“I don't lobby where work is concerned. As long as I know I've got something coming up, I don't really worry. It's not that I'm not ambitious, but I don't have a drive to be hugely successful and be working all the time.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quote, www.imdb.com.
“But I still always felt the absence of a mother.”
“We just moved out of L.A. because I didn't want to be raising my girls in the city. They're in public school now and they're in a normal situation. We're sort of settling into that. It's just a choice.”
“The next day the two sisters went to the ball, and so did Cinderella, but dressed more magnificently than before. The King's son was always by her side, and his pretty speeches to her never ceased.”

Source : Charles Perrault (1942). “The Tales of Mother Goose as First Collected by Charles Perrault in 1696”, p.9, Library of Alexandria
“Some people wanted champagne and caviar when they should have had beer and hot dogs.”
“People talk about escapism as though it's something nasty but escapism is wonderful!”

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