"Perhaps we had at last reached that stage of intimacy that destroys intimacy."

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Lorrie Moore

#Lasts Quotes #Intimacy Quotes #Stage Quotes

“One must dare to be happy.”
“Don't you hate people who drink white wine? I mean, my dear, every alcoholic in town is getting falling-down drunk on white wine. They think they aren't drunks because they only drink wine. Never, never trust anyone who asks for white wine. It means they're phonies.”
“Love can make a summer fly, or a night seem like a lifetime.”
“In almost any change there is 20 - 60 - 20. 20% are doing the change and we need to stay out of their way. 20% will never get there (a large percent still go into banks to see tellers vs. ATMs). 60% are in the middle. I think you will always find some companies where the head of HR is not a member of senior management team (bottom 20% and some companies where she or he has always been (top 20%).”

Source : Source: bobmorris.biz
“I don't need a psychiatrist. I'm Catholic.”
“A writer represents his family history. My grandfather was a senator and my father served in the Roosevelt administration. In other words, I grew up in politics. This is why it seemed perfectly natural to take part in the battles of my time, and to participate in the writing of the history of my country.”
“No human beings, regardless of who they might be, want to look directly at their own shortcomings.”

Source : "Welcome to the N.H.K". Book by Tatsuhiko Takimoto, 2002.
“I really take acting seriously.”

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