"In spite of myself, I gave a snort. "Just once, I'd like to hear a simple, straightforward prophecy."

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Source : Cameron Dokey, Mahlon F. Craft (2008). “Sunlight and Shadow: A Retelling of "The Magic Flute"”, p.97, Simon and Schuster

Cameron Dokey

#Simple Quotes #Spite Quotes #Straightforward Quotes

“Every year you work in Hollywood takes a year off your soul.”
“If you put the talent of all my brothers together, they wouldn't add up to the talent that was in my father.”
“I've got to take chances and get out there. What are you going to do, sit home and knit? I don't knit.”
“For my generation I must have the oracles of God in fresh terms.”
“A foolish man thinks he knows everything. A wise man knows he doesn't.”
“I always enjoy watching Derek Jeter play because he is a model of consistency both in the field and at the plate. I finished my career with 3,110 hits, and I have only admiration and respect for Derek. I hope he pauses to admire the view and keeps going. Just one more achievement in an incredible career.”
“You don't cheat anybody out of their experience, whatever it is.”
“To cease to admire is a proof of deterioration.”

Source : Charles Horton Cooley (1992). “Human Nature and the Social Order”, p.320, Transaction Publishers

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