"Tall, aren't you?" she said. "I didn't mean to be." Her eyes rounded. She was puzzled. She was thinking. I could see, even on that short acquaintance, that thinking was always going to be a bother to her."

-- Raymond Chandler

#Mean Quotes #Eye Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“Most great fortunes are built slowly. They are based on the principle of compound interest, what Albert Einstein called, "The greatest power in the universe."”
“My career always took me away from home, I was always away from home and I just wanted to be at home”
“I have been benefited by praying for others; for by making an errand to God for them I have gotten something for myself.”

Source : Samuel Rutherford (1818). “Joshua redivivus, or, three hundred and fifty-two religious letters: to which is added a testimony to the convenanted work of Reformation between 1638 and 1649”, p.148
“I was nine. I saw Orson Welles in 'Julius Caesar.' It was involving, emotional, imaginative. I've never forgotten it.”
“I guess for me what is more significant than success is the nature of each of the songs and of the words.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Part of the business of being an artist is abetting talent. The best do that.”
“Im completely gobsmacked by the Rookie Blue fans.”
“I had bought two male chimps from a primate colony in Holland. They lived next to each other in separate cages for several months before I used one as a [heart] donor. When we put him to sleep in his cage in preparation for the operation, he chattered and cried incessantly. We attached no significance to this, but it must have made a great impression on his companion, for when we removed the body to the operating room, the other chimp wept bitterly and was inconsolable for days. The incident made a deep impression on me. I vowed never again to experiment with such sensitive creatures.”

Source : Christiaan Barnard (1979). “The best medicine”

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