"My imagination functions much better when I don't have to speak to people."

-- Patricia Highsmith

#Imagination Quotes #People Quotes #Quiet Quotes

“Sanctions kept us on our toes, it made us realize that we were drifting into a situation of growing isolation so I wouldn't go as far as to say sanctions didn't play a role but if I were to put on a scale, the issues of conscience played a much greater role than the sanctions. We could have withstood sanctions for many more years. We became experts in circumventing sanctions... So sanctions played a role but it wasn't the major role.”

Source : Source: www.huffingtonpost.com
“I don't listen to much modern composition.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“I can't bear to see myself even in movies. The feeling is complex. I can't stand the sight of myself.”
“I started selling insurance in 1979 and continued doing that until 1985 when I opened my own insurance firm.”
“Oh, God, I'm so lonely. An entire weekend streching ahead with no one to love or have fun with. Anyway, I don't care. I've got a lovely steamed ginger pudding from M&S to put in the microwave.”
“Newton said, "If I have seen further than others, it is because I've stood on the shoulders of giants." These days we stand on each other's feet!”
“Does not a misplaced optimism exist, common to all mankind, leading on to false conviction that social engagements, if dated sufficiently far ahead, will never really materialize?”

Source : E. M. Delafield (2015). “The Collected Works of E. M. Delafield (Illustrated): The Provincial Lady Series, Zella Sees Herself, The War-Workers, Consequences, Gay Life, The Heel of Achilles, Humbug, Messalina of the Suburbs (Including Short Stories and Plays)”, p.16, e-artnow
“Sweet is true love that is given in vain, and sweet is death that takes away pain.”

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