"We would rather be in the company of somebody we like than in the company of the most superior being of our acquaintance."

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Frank Arthur Swinnerton

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“Beloved, pursue Jesus and you will experience wisdom in every area of your life. You cannot try to earn, deserve or study to acquire Godâ€™s wisdom. It comes by His unmerited favor. His wisdom will give you good success in your career. It will cause you to succeed as a student, parent or spouse.”
“The fact that we're catching more fish per person than we've ever done before doesn't mean that there are not particular places where we've managed fisheries badly.”
“I took my morning walk, I took my evening walk, I ate something, I thought about something, I wrote, I napped and dreamt something too, and with all that something, I still have nothing because so much of sumâ€™thing has always been and always will be you.”
“But music doesn't sum up my approach to literature - even in Vain Art of the Fugue. To 'fugue' I had to invent 'trap-words,' or words that would force the narrator to turn around and start his path anew.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“If you want to fly with the eagles you can't hang out with the crows.”
“When I'm under the gun and I've got pressure on me, I don't panic. I look for the right solution, and then I go for it.”

Source : "Making Magic". Interview with Janean Chun, www.entrepreneur.com. July 1, 1998.
“The constellations this year seem unfavourable to rebels.”

Source : "The Life of Cesare Borgia". Book by Rafael Sabatini, chapter XV: Macchiavelli's Legation, 1911.
“I needed targets, different things to go for on a daily basisâ€”a distance on the treadmill or a weight goal. Without them, I wasn't celebrating myself enough, and I got really good at beating myself up.”

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