"[A] pessimist gets nothing but pleasant surprises, an optimist nothing but unpleasant."

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Source : Rex Stout (2010). “Fer-de-Lance”, p.3, Crimeline

Rex Stout

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“I've been a philanthropist for all my life, and... I've had many involvements in humanitarian and environmental issues.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I know there are things I did in education that will never be reversed. I have not done that in film yet because I have only been here for about nine months.”

Source : "Minister's second chance for stardom". Interview with Dan Milmo, www.theguardian.com. May 6, 2004.
“I crush her against me. I want to be part of her. Not just inside her but all around her. I want our rib cages to crack open and our hearts to migrate and merge. I want our cells to braid together like living thread.”
“History tells me that when the Russians come to a country they don't go back.”
“Success is taking what you know, and creating the best you that you can be.”
“It's about whittling. It's about taking something and whittling and whittling and getting it sharp and perfect. Then you've got something.”
“An ounce of image is worth a pound of performance”
“One of the bitterest ironies of life is that one truly appreciates a blessing only after having been deprived of it or imagining that.”

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