"Interpreting anyone's marriage - a neighbor's, let alone the president's - is extremely difficult."

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Jodi Kantor

#President Quotes #Neighbor Quotes #Difficult Quotes

“My neighbor doesn't want to be loved as much as he wants to be envied.”

Source : Irving Layton (1969). “The whole bloody bird: obs, aphs & pomes”
“Cruelty was the devil, and most people were, in one way or another, cruel. Tyranny, suppression, persecution, torture, slavery, war, neglect - all were cruel. The world was acid and sour with hate, fat with greed, yellow with the triumph of the strong and the rich.”

Source : Rose Macaulay (Dame.) (1940). “And No Man's Wit”
“I'll take fifty percent efficiency to get one hundred percent loyalty.”
“I'm not sentimental about war. I see nothing noble in widows.”

Source : "Fictional character: Lt. Cmdr. Charles E. "Charlie" Madison". "The Americanization of Emily", 1964.
“He put his arms around her. â€œWell, in my defense, then, whatever I did seemed to work, didn't it?â€ She sighed. â€œI suppose.â€ â€œYou suppose?â€ â€œWhat do you want? A medal?â€ â€œFor starters. A trophy would be nice, too.â€ She smiled. â€œWhat do you think you're holding right now?”
“Stop managing your time. Start managing your focus.”

Source : Twitter post from Jan 22, 2017
“I used to save all my rejection slips because I told myself, one day I'm going to autograph these and auction them. And then I lost the box.”
“Your brain - every brain - is a work in progress. It is 'plastic.' From the day we're born to the day we die, it continuously revises and remodels, improving or slowly declining, as a function of how we use it.”

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