"You are trying to lure us into revealing information you're not entitled to? With chocolate and wine? Are you amateurs?"

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Source : Moira J. Moore (2011). “Heroes at Odds”, p.77, Penguin

Moira J. Moore

#Wine Quotes #Chocolate Quotes #Trying Quotes

“There is a huge difference between writing a book, which is a private activity I engage in with myself, and wanting to engage in overly intimate personal conversations with strangers, which I pretty much never want to do.”
“The voice will guide you-will tell you what to do. In order to do that, you must be quite sensitive with the instrument and accept this daily conversation with your voice.”
“I rarely come away from presenting the 'Today' programme without some sense of regret. There is always some question that I should have asked, or some point that I should have made. This is annoying but not surprising. Perfection is hard to achieve in a three-hour live programme.”
“Drawing is based upon perspective, which is nothing else than a thorough knowledge of the function of the eye.”
“You wouldn't be caught wearing cheap perfume, would you? Then why do you want to wear cheap perfume in your conduct?”

Source : Margaret Culkin Banning (1936). “Letters to Susan”
“I'm not super-conservative, but a bit of tradition is nice.”
“Conditions are never just right. People who delay action until all factors are favourable do nothing.”

Source : William Feather (1949). “The Business of Life”
“Every hidden cell is throbbing with music and life, every fiber thrilling like harp strings.”

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