"It just happened. As though a moment comes when it's both necessary and natural to make a decision that has long since been made."

-- Georges Simenon

#Long Quotes #Decision Quotes #Moments Quotes

“Look, Chief, you can't go off half-cocked looking for vengeance against a fish. That shark isn't evil. It's not a murderer. It's just obeying its own instincts. Trying to get retribution against a fish is crazy.”

Source : Peter Benchley (2012). “Jaws 2-Book Bundle: Jaws and Shark Trouble”, p.111, Random House
“Variety's the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor.”

Source : The Task bk. 2 "The Timepiece" l. 606 (1785) See Behn 1
“It was the spirit of the workers that was dangerous. The tired, gray crowds ebbing and flowing perpetually into the mills had waked and opened their mouths to sing.”
“Even today, after the second failure of another world war, perhaps one can speak of a third war, one fought piecemeal, with crimes, massacres, destruction,”
“You can always control the results. You can always control your attitude and effort every day.”
“I don't want to be remembered. As long as my kids remember me, I'd rather be forgotten by everybody else.”
“I never work out. I think it is boring, so I run.”
“If I was an exceptional human being in Detroit, then I saw no reason why I couldn't be an exceptional human being in Mississippi. In Hattiesburg.”

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