"I was going to die and it was taking forever."

-- Miranda July

#Forever Quotes

“Welcome to the U.S. Capitol: Watch for falling expectations.”
“Growing up in an old-fashioned Bengali Hindu family and going to a convent school run by stern Irish nuns, I was brought up to revere rules. Without rules, there was only anarchy.”
“I have declared that I will work free of cost with those composers who are passionate about their work. Sohail Sen is one such lad, whose music in Banjaara has been liked a lot.”
“Once upon a time . . .â€ â€œIn the beginning was . . .â€ Thatâ€™s the way it always starts off. Every story, gospel, history, chronicle, myth, legend, folktale, or old wivesâ€™ tale blues riff begins with â€œWoke up this morninâ€™. . . .”
“all communication is more or less cross-cultural. We learn to use language as we grow up, and growing up in different parts of the country, having different ethnic, religious, or class backgrounds, even just being male or female - all result in different ways of talking ...”

Source : Deborah Tannen (1986). “That's not what I meant!: how conversational style makes or breaks your relations with others”, William Morrow & Co
“Why can't we be friends now?" said the other, holding him affectionately. "It's what I want. It's what you want." But the horses didn't want it â€” they swerved apart: the earth didn't want it, sending up rocks through which riders must pass single file; the temple, the tank, the jail, the palace, the birds, the carrion, the Guest House, that came into view as they emerged from the gap and saw Mau beneath: they didn't want it, they said in their hundred voices "No, not yet," and the sky said "No, not there.”
“I want fifteen referees at this fightâ€¦because there ainâ€™t no one man who can keep up with the pace Iâ€™m gonna set except me”
“Certainly the research shows that grateful people are more innovative thinkers.”

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