"It is at a time like this, when crisis threatens the stomach, that the French display the most sympathetic side of their nature. Tell them stories of physical injury or financial ruin and they will either laugh or commiserate politely. But tell them you are facing gastronomic hardship, and they will move heaven and earth and even restaurant tables to help you."

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Source : FaceBook post by Peter Mayle from Nov 25, 2015

Peter Mayle

#Moving Quotes #Laughing Quotes #Heaven Quotes

“Satan always sends error into the world in pairs that are opposites. His great hope is that you will get so upset about one of his errors, that you'll react into the opposite one, and he's got you.”
“Since God is silent, man is his own master; he must live in a disenchanted world, submit everything to criticism, and make his own way.”

Source : Mark S. Micale, Robert L. Dietle, Peter Gay (2000). “Enlightenment, Passion, Modernity: Historical Essays in European Thought and Culture”, p.256, Stanford University Press
“I write novels because there is something I don't understand in reality.”
“I've never seen a great military, political, or corporate leader who was not a great storyteller. Telling stories is a core competency in business, although it's one that we don't pay enough attention to.”
“I have a lot of respect for marriage.”
“As the captain, I was going to be having the dominant role in most of the episodes, and that was appealing. I wasn't interested in coming to Hollywood to sit around.”
“I am carrying out my plan, so long formulated, of keeping a journal. What I most keenly wish is not to forget that I am writing for myself alone. Thus I shall always tell the truth, I hope, and thus I shall improve myself. These pages will reproach me for my changes of mind.”
“This is for fighting, this is for fun.”

Source : "Full Metal Jacket", 1987.

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