"Perhaps that is why the novel flourished in England. You had these communities that would stay put and people would see one another all the time and cause one another to change and have the opportunity to observe the changes over time."

-- Tobias Wolff

#Change Quotes #Opportunity Quotes #People Quotes

“I never had a piece of toast particularly long and wide, But fell upon the sanded floor, And always on the buttered side.”

Source : 'Chambers's Journal' 2 February 1884.
“Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.”
“Someone, I tell you, in another time will remember us”

Source : Sappho (2006). “Sweetbitter Love: Poems of Sappho”, Shambhala Publications
“It is, I think, a good deal owing to the preponderance of the commercial element in Society that conversation has sunk to its present dull level of conventional chatter.”

Source : Lady Dorothy Nevill (1907). “The reminiscences of Lady Dorothy Nevill”, Arnold
“Every time we take the floor, we believe we can win.”
“Attacks of divine transports are of pride and I accept the part assigned.”
“The responsibility of the executive is (1) to create and maintain a sense of purpose and moral code for the organization; (2) to establish systems of formal and informal communication; and (3) to ensure the willingness of people to cooperate.”
“Basically, there are two things we know: Everybody has less time, and the general public is demanding better food - better in terms of quality and better in terms of flavor.”

Source : "Bobby Flay on Good Fast Food and Bad Restaurant Ideas". Interview with Andrew Del-Colle, www.menshealth.com. March 11, 2011.

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