"How could I do it, how could a person go that low? And I understand your question, to which I reply, Are you kidding? That's nothing. I'd been much lower than that. And I expected to see myself do worse."

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Source : Denis Johnson (2009). “Jesus' Son: Stories”, p.83, Macmillan

Denis Johnson

#Lows Quotes #Expected Quotes #Persons Quotes

“I don't think Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump really have friends. But Trump has openly admired Putin for many years, with no reservations. He even seems to idolize him. Neither his cabinet appointees nor the civil servants in the Pentagon and the State Department feel the same way, however, so we don't know what this admiration will bring.”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de
“The Bee Gees are a fly-by-night sort of group.”
“Jesus was a doer, and not only a talker. He led the way by example. He showed us how to live and minister to others.”
“Trust to God to weave your thread into the great web, though the pattern shows it not yet.”
“What discord should we bring into the universe if our prayers were all answered! Then we should govern the world, and not God. And do you think we should govern it better?”
“You see, you closed your eyes. That was the difference. Sometimes you cannot believe what you see, you have to believe what you feel. And if you are ever going to have other people trust you, you must feel that you can trust them, too--even when youâ€™re in the dark. Even when youâ€™re falling.”

Source : "Fictional character: Morrie Schwartz". "Tuesdays with Morrie", www.imdb.com. 1999.
“Can't spell, can't spot fake Shakespeare, can't tell one wacky foreigner from another: it's increasingly obvious that Barbra is some deep sleeper planted by the Republicans to discredit the very concept of activist celebrities. Poor old Democrats, in thrall to her fundraising: people who need Barbra are the unluckiest people in the world.”
“When you're in a race car, you're going through so many different emotions throughout that race.”

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