"But, drawn to her at that moment, he felt a quiet like the voice of the rain flow over him. He knew well enough that for her it was in fact no waste of effort, but somehow the final determination that it was had the effect of distilling and purifying the woman's existence."

-- Yasunari Kawabata

#Determination Quotes #Rain Quotes #Voice Quotes

“What you guys want, I'm for.”
“The artist, a traveller on this earth, leaves behind imperishable traces of his being.”
“Well, I think if more people had more applause, it would make them feel better. I often give my wife a round of applause. If the meal is very good I give her a standing ovation.”

Source : "Interview: Doctor Who star Tom Baker". Interview with Paul Whitelaw, www.scotsman.com. August 20, 2009.
“I never intended to be a teacher. I just like going to school and learning things.”
“For over 30 years, the IRA showed that the British government could not rule Ireland on its own terms.”

Source : Gerry Adams' Speech to IRA in Belfast, news.bbc.co.uk. April 6, 2005.
“Place 5 percent to 10 percent of your total assets in gold bullion and selected gold and silver coins. No one knows with certainty whether the coming depression will be inflationary or deflationary.”

Source : James Dale Davidson, William Rees-Mogg (1994). “The Great Reckoning: Protecting Yourself in the Coming Depression”, p.510, Simon and Schuster
“When I got married and had a child and went to work, my day was all day, all night. You lose your sense of balance. That was in the late '60s, '70s, women went to work, they went crazy. They thought the workplace was much more exciting than the home. They thought the family could wait. And you know what? The family can't wait. And women have now found that out. It all has to do with women, or the homemaker leaving the home and realizing that where they've gone is not as fabulous, or as rewarding, or as self-fulfilling as the balance between the workplace and the home place.”
“I don't have the notion that everybody has to write in some single academic style”

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