"I don't actually listen to much music since I need quiet to work."

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Source : "Author Revealed". Simonand & Schuster Interview, www.simonandschuster.com.

Johanna Lindsey

#Needs Quotes #Quiet Quotes

“Cleverness is a gift, kindness is a choice. Gifts are easy-they're given after all. Choices can be hard.”
“A budget is telling your money where to go instead of wondering where it went.”

Source : Twitter post from May 04, 2016
“The EU Constitution is something new in human history. Though it is not as eloquent as the French and U.S. constitutions, it is the first governing document of its kind to expand the human franchise to the level of global consciousness. The language throughout the draft constitution speaks of universalism, making it clear that its focus is not a people, or a territory, or a nation, but rather the human race and the planet we inhabit.”
“The same mistakes can never be repeated.”

Source : "NFL Scandal: Roger Goodell Pledges 'Same Mistakes Can Never Be Repeated'" by Hilary Lewis and Erik Hayden, www.hollywoodreporter.com. September 19, 2014.
“I'm gonna make sure you talk about me, and your grandkids and kids after that gonna know about me...your great grandkids will say "wow, wasn't that a bizarre individual?"”
“If I deny myself something, I just get resentful, so what's the point?”
“A man told me that for a woman, I was very opinionated. I said, 'for a man you're kind of ignorant'.”
“Per capita the East Germans drank more than twice as much as their West German counterparts.”

Source : Anna Funder (2011). “Stasiland: Stories From Behind The Berlin Wall”, p.96, Granta Books

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