"Those who sentimentally indulge humanity do it no favours."

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Terry Eagleton

#Humanity Quotes #Favour Quotes #Indulge Quotes

“New York makes me swoony and in love. The New York of the 1880s was a place where black eye fixers did a brisk business and people were routinely killed for their shoes. But, the constant aspiration of the city never changes.”
“Barry Bonds was like Joe Namath or Muhammad Ali. He could make a statement and go out and back it up. Not a lot of guys can do that. In fact, managers usually cringe when guys make statements about what they're going to do. In Barry's case, I liked it. I think he did it on purpose to motivate himself. In a lot of ways, it's easy for Barry. I think he needs a little controversy around him.”
“To give anything less than your best, is to sacrifice the gift.”

Source : "Pre: Americas Greatest Running Legend, Steve Prefontaine". Book by Tom Jordan, 1977.
“You can't play bass in a vacuum.”
“My favorite performance would definitely be "Toxic," which was my blind audition song. It was the start of it all and it was a song I had been covering before the show, so it was very dear to my heart.”
“History is the study of lies, anyway, because no witness ever recalls events with total accuracy, not even eyewitnesses.”
“Money never declines. Money just moves.”
“Embrace the faff. Stare out of the window. Bend paperclips. Stand in the middle of the room trying to remember what you came downstairs for. Pace. Drum your fingertips. Move papers around. Hum. Look at the garden.”

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