"People who tend to invest are either going to invest in something where you're raising $5 million or they're going to invest in something where you're raising $1 million, but if you're trying to raise $2.5 million it's kind of a weird amount."

-- David Plotz

#People Quotes #Trying Quotes #Kind Quotes

“I don't believe that life is supposed to make you feel good, or to make you feel miserable either. Life is just supposed to make you feel.”

Source : Gloria Naylor (2017). “Bailey's Cafe: A Novel”, p.147, Open Road Media
“I worked in an insurance office for six years, and it was there that I just woke up one day and realised there was something massively lacking in my life, and a non-contributory pension and a subsidised canteen could not fill it.”
“Does the Bible ever say anywhere from Genesis to Revelation, 'My house shall be called a house of preaching'? Does it ever say, 'My house shall be called a house of music'? Of course not. The Bible does say, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations'. Preaching, music, the reading of the Word - these things are fine; I believe in and practice all of them. But they must never override prayer as the defining mark of God's dwelling. the honest truth is that I have seen God do more in people's lives during ten minutes of real prayer than in ten of my sermons.”
“(Djinn are essentially vapor.) "I blew him away.”
“A man with no enemies is no good as a friend.”
“Up to this point your life has pretty much sucked. Youâ€™re not responsible for that. But you are responsible for what happens from here on.”
“(W)e do not count heads before enforcing the First Amendment.”
“I'm a very competitive person, whether it's school, baseball or even playing video games.”

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