"I like men who have known the best and the worst, whose life has been anything but a smooth trip. Storms have battered them, they have lain, sometimes for months on end, becalmed. There is a residue even if they fail. It has not been all tinkling; there have been grand chords."

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Source : "Ali? Laver? Best? No, the Williams sisters" by Will Buckley, www.theguardian.com. September 15, 2007.

James Salter

#Men Quotes #Storm Quotes #Months Quotes

“We, in the New York Times, have not yet figured out how to grow our international readership. We started a website in China, which the Chinese government has blocked, but it has a pretty healthy readership. The Guardian, for instance, has gotten tremendous growth through its website in the US. We have to figure out how to go after readership in different parts of the world.”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de
“No matter what the situation, winning takes care of a lot of stuff. Things are never perfect, even when you win. But it does make for a lot better environment, for sure.”
“Read a thousand books, and your words will flow like a river.”
“You are as safe with me as you would be in the Bank of England.”
“Women are like puzzles because prior to 1920 neither had the right to vote. Puzzles still don't.”
“Think long and hard about the way you invest your children's time. Time is treasure. And where your time investment is, there you will find the heart of a child. Invest the majority of his time in entertainment, and his heart will be turned to love of pleasure. Invest his time in peers rather then family, and his heart will be with the peers more than his family. There is a time and place for all good things in balance, but wise parents will steward the treasure of time, and in so doing, shepherd their children's hearts.”
“I'm a mog: half man, half dog. I'm my own best friend!”

Source : "Fictional character: Barf". "Spaceballs", www.imdb.com. 1987.
“I look for ambiguous messages to illustrate...I like some detail but not too much detail.”

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