"Keep not money, but keep good people's company."

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Source : Nikolai Gogol (2011). “Dead Souls: A Novel”, p.26, Vintage

Nikolai Gogol

#People Quotes #Good People Quotes #Company Quotes

“The danger in having modern music tied to a period piece is that hearing something may take you out of the moment.”

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“Writing is a job: you must show up.”
“From start to finish, this movie is obviously about God. He is the main character. How is is possible that we live as though it is about us?”
“The moment you say, "We are proud. I'm proud to be this, and I'm proud to be that," what you're saying is we're almost as good as the others. "Almost" always means not quite.”

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“Do not conceive that fine clothes make fine men any more than fine feathers make fine birds.”
“Many a person who started out to conquer the world in shining army has ended up just getting along. The horse got tired, the army rusty. The goal was removed and unsure.”
“I do write by hand. I just think - I don't know, it's a physical thing for me. It's a bodily thing. It literally has to earn its way through my hand.”
“The cloning procedure is similar to IVF. The only difference is that the DNA of sperm and egg would be replaced by DNA from an adult cell. What law or principle - secular, humanist, or religious - says that one combination of genetic material in a flask is OK, but another is not?”

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