"Arriving late was a way of saying that your own time was more valuable than the time of the person who waited for you."

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Source : Karen Joy Fowler (2005). “The Jane Austen Book Club”, p.163, Penguin

Karen Joy Fowler

#Arriving Quotes #Way Quotes #Punctuality Quotes

“suppose you invest time and effort in designing a new image for yourself. You get home and your husband takes one look and screams, 'Was the other person hurt? I see you've been in a head-on collision.' ... Men hate any change.”

Source : Virginia Graham (1967). “Don't blame the mirror”
“It is June. This is what I have decided to do with my life just now. I will do this work and lead this life, the one I am leading today. Each morning the blue clock and the crocheted bedspread, the table with the Phone, the books and magazines, the Times at the door.”
“God blessed me with two unbelievable parents, and I am just like both of them. I have the smile and charisma of my mother and the big heart of my mom, because she wants to save the world and help the world, so I am just like her.”
“The safest course is to do nothing against one's conscience. With this secret, we can enjoy life and have no fear from death.”
“There once was a brainy baboon, Who always breathed down a bassoon, For he said, It appears That in billions of years I shall certainly hit on a tune.”
“Authentic Christian Preaching carries a note of authority and a demand for decisions not found elsewhere in society.”
“My parents found what I was interested in and encouraged me. They didn`t put me in front of a television and buy lots of toys, the way some American parents do.”
“I don't feel it is right that I'm playing knowing that I'm not 100% and I cannot currently operate at the level I have done in the past. My priority now is to take a break from cricket so that I can focus on my recovery”

Source : "How hard has depression hit cricket?" by Mark Rice-Oxley, www.theguardian.com. November 23, 2013.

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