"In the end we had changed the position of the hands so many times that we had no idea what the time really was."

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Source : Sijie Dai (2002). “Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress”, Anchor

Sijie Dai

#Hands Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Ends Quotes

“Men come together in cities in order to live: they remain together in order to live the good life”
“After I brush on my moisturizer, I'll dip the same brush into foundation and mix it with the lotion to make tinted moisturizer.”
“Herb is the unification of mankind.”
“If nobody will help you do it alone!”
“For me, acting is a series of impressions rather than trying to find one line through to the end, which risks becoming more of a presentation.”
“What's success anyway? Is success about making the most money? No, money for the most part turns people into jerks.”
“So most skeptics who criticize us are really just misinformed and kind of ignorant. They're just assuming something about us. We're quite critical ourselves, but we're here to help people.”
“I also believe that at a critical point (more than six people?), that collective wisdom turns into group think.”

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