"I think my favorite fact about myself is that I have never been dismayed by a critic's bilge or bile, and have never once in my life asked or thanked a reviewer for a review."

-- Vladimir Nabokov

#Thinking Quotes #Facts Quotes #My Favorite Quotes

“Every day is great for me. I dislike rose-coloured glasses.”

Source : Interview with Rosanna Greenstreet, www.theguardian.com. May 20, 2011.
“They criticize the silent ones. They criticize the talkative ones. They criticize the moderate ones. There is no one in the world who escapes criticism.”
“We're finding [texting] 11 times more powerful than email [for communicating with kids].”
“Wait and wait. Most people's lives are spent waiting.”

Source : Sherwood Anderson (2012). “Sherwood Anderson: Collected Stories: Winesburg, Ohio / The Triumph of the Egg / Horses and Men / Death in the Woods / Uncollected Stories (Library of America #235)”, p.835, Library of America
“Speakers who have grown up in the American community unconsciously know its rules about taking turns in conversations-in the same way that they know the rules of grammar and the rules about appropriate speech in various situations.”

Source : Peter Farb (2015). “Word Play: What Happens When People Talk”, p.240, Vintage
“What's so great about television. You're able to tell a long story, where you couldn't really do that in a film because you have to tell a story in an hour and a half or two hours.”
“If I had to define life in a single phrase, I should clearly express my thought of throwing into relief one characteristic which, in my opinion, sharply differentiates biological science. I should say: life is creation.”
“Savings will not make you rich. Only canny investments do that. The role of savings is to keep you from becoming poor.”

Source : Jane Bryant Quinn (2009). “Making the Most of Your Money Now: The Classic Bestseller Completely Revised for the New Economy”, p.213, Simon and Schuster

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