"They say the smart dog obeys but the smarter dog knows when to disobey."

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Source : Amy Hempel, Rick Moody (2007). “The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel”, p.32, Simon and Schuster

Amy Hempel

#Dog Quotes #Smart Quotes

“Unless I have enough personal power to keep commitments in my daily life, I will be unable to wield magical power. To work magic, I need a basic belief in my ability to do things and cause things to happen. That belief is generated and sustained by my daily actions.”
“What can I do to help thee?" he asked. "Believe there is a tomorrow.”

Source : JAMES CLAVELL (1975). “SHOGUN”
“It wasn't enough for Megadeth to do well; I wanted Metallica to fail.”
“The religious hypothesis, therefore, must be considered only as a particular method of accounting for the visible phenomena of the universe: but no just reasoner will ever presume to infer from it any single fact, and alter or add to the phenomena, in any single particular.”
“We are surrounded by those in need of our attention, our encouragement, our support, our comfort, our kindness... We are the Lordâ€™s hands here upon the earth, with the mandate to serve and to lift His children. He is dependent upon each of us”
“Be resolutely and faithfully what you are; be humbly what you aspire to be.”
“A Touch of Crimson explodes with passion and heat. A hot, sexy angel to die for and a gutsy heroine make for one exciting read!”
“It's like they say in the Internet world â€” if you're doing the same thing today you were doing six months ago, you're doing the wrong thing. Parents can learn a lot from that.”

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