"Any seasoned deal maker will tell you that spontaneous negotiation's a bad strategy; the ad hoc approach will leave you ripped-off, busted, conned, stiffed, outsmarted and generally holding the shitty end of the stick."

-- Glen Duncan

#Sticks Quotes #Spontaneous Quotes #Strategy Quotes

“Frog said, 'I wrote 'Dear Toad, I am glad that you are my best friend. Your best friend, Frog.' 'Oh,' said Toad, 'that makes a very good letter.'Then Frog and Toad went out onto the front porch to wait for the mail. They sat there, feeling happy together.”
“The rise of secularism has brought about an increase in hostility toward things religious.”
“When she packed up to leave, she knew that she was saying goodbye to something important, which was not that bad, in a way, because it meant that at least you had said hello to it to begin with...”
“It's dishonourable to stay stupider than you need to be”
“The ordinary man is an anarchist. He wants to do as he likes. He may want his neighbour to be governed, but he himself doesn't want to be governed. He is mortally afraid of government officials and policemen.”
“It's usually easier for me to begin writing in a character's voice if that person is different from me in some significant way.”

Source : "The Story of a Strong Woman in a Patriarchal Country: Nell Freudenberger's The Newlyweds". Interview with Meredith Turits, www.glamour.com. June 22, 2012.
“You don't get another chance, life is no Nintendo game.”

Source : Song: Love the Way You Lie, Album: Recovery, 2010
“Flow. Be adaptable. Be sensitive like water, feel the other so you can attune and harmonize with your partner.”

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