"You were trying to tell me something and I was trying to tell you something else. We didn't trust each other and that was reason enough to make each of us right."

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Source : Elliot Perlman (1999). “The Reasons I Won't be Coming: Stories”, Riverhead Books (Hardcover)

Elliot Perlman

#Trying Quotes #Reason Quotes #Enough Quotes

“Every once in a while, a cookbook comes along that simply knocks me out.”
“Solidarity is not a feeling of vague compassion or shallow distress at the misfortunes of so many people, both near and far. On the contrary, it is a firm and persevering determination to commit oneself to the common good; that is to say to the good of all and of each individual, because we are all really responsible for all”
“Being God would be the ultimate.”
“A man may be a pessimistic determinist before lunch and an optimistic believer in the will's freedom after it.”
“Sensible fathers and mothers, when their children marry, go back to the old days and renew their youth.”
“You are absolutely free to describe me as a turtle or something.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I think I have a good rapport with the people I work with and that really helps. If you like working with people and you always have a good time and you always do good work, then they're going to book you again. I like doing what I do.”
“They say I drink too much... The only problem that I have is that I THINK TOO MUCH!”

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