"...expatriated Americans, even Henry James himself, have always seemed to me somewhat anchorless, rudderless, drifting before thewind."

-- Virginia Gildersleeve

#Drifting Quotes

“But anyone who knows anything about the music industry knows it's not only about the music.”
“People think they have to be ambitious. But at a certain age, all you want is to be around nice, decent people.”
“I'm giving all that I have in this life. I'm opening up my notebook and I'm saying everything in there out loud.”
“Everyone now has a sacred cow in the tax code. For my money, the most sacred thing of all is our country and its growth, but the sacred cows have turned into a pack of wolves.”
“Getting dragged, kicking and screaming out of the ring, begging for mercy from whomever it is that fires me, and never be seen again. That's how I wanna go out. Haha, yeah, I don't want any.. hero's goodbye, or a big send off. I don't want a retirement ceremony. That's not how I'm built, I just wanna disappear into the sunset and have people, 'Man, that guy was a jerk. Wow, I'm glad he's gone.'”
“The owner of the New York Yankees, Mr. George Steinbrenner who I had the greatest respect for, I want to thank him for giving me the opportunity to win that special ring in 1996.”
“Work is the best method devised for killing time.”
“The only movie I can watch on a loop, over and over, is 'Help', the Beatles movie. It's so funny and irreverent and great.”

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