"All the things that were read to me by my father were stories about things becoming all right."

-- V. S. Naipaul

#Father Quotes #Becoming Quotes #Stories Quotes

“I never knew anyone yet who got up at six who did anything more useful between that time and breakfast than banging a tennis ballup against the side of the house, waiting for the more civilized members of the party to get up.”
“Beautiful songs could sometimes take a person out of themselves and carry them away to a place of magic. But when Jill sang, it was not about the song, really. She could sing the phone book. She could sing a shopping list. Whatever she sang, whatever the words or the tune, it was so beautiful, so achingly lovely, that no one could listen and be untouched.”
“I always wanted to do a Disney movie.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Just as the power of the feudal aristocracy had to be broken in order for capitalism to emerge fully, so must imperialism and capitalism in Third World nations be overcome if a new system is to prevail.”
“That subject has lost its one time appeal to economists as our science has become more abstract, but my interest has even grown more intense as the questions raised by the sociology of science became more prominent.”
“Today is a good day for war to end.”
“Each year we look for a big name that is attractive to the public and pleasant for the girls.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“To have a great man for an intimate friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear it. [Lat., Dulcis inexpertis cultura potentis amici; Expertus metuit.]”

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