"If I were less than honest as a critic, I think people would spot that right away, and it would destroy my credibility."

-- Leonard Maltin

#Thinking Quotes #People Quotes #Honest Quotes

“Hey, no offense, but do you mind if you put both your palms where I can see â€™em?”

Source : J.R. Ward (2012). “Lover Reborn: A Novel of the Black Dagger Brotherhood”, p.263, Penguin
“A garter. Youâ€™re supposed to take it off and keep it as a memento. K-k-kinda like a trophy for going far sexually with a girl. Itâ€™s stupid, really. And kind of d-d-degrading if I think about it too m-m-much.â€ â€œI know what it is,â€ he says, amusement evident in his voice. â€œI just wanted to hear your explanation.”
“I always try to create conflict and drama in my books; it's the engine of the novel.”
“So give me the political economist, the sanitary reformer, the engineer; and take your saints and virgins, relics and miracles. The spinning-jenny and the railroad, Cunard's liners and the electric telegraph, are to me, if not to you, signs that we are, on some points at least, in harmony with the universe; that there is a mighty spirit working among us, who cannot be your anarchic and destroying Devil, and therefore may be the Ordering and Creating God.”
“I eat more vegetables than the average vegetarian.”
“I seem to always inspire a strong reaction one way or the other”
“Liberty is of more value than any gifts; and to receive gifts is to lose it. Be assured that men most commonly seek to oblige thee only that they may engage thee to serve them.”
“Smart, sustainable, inclusive growth is the key to job-creation and the future prosperity of Europe.”

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