"There is a deep, abiding, unshakable satisfaction in a life of complete failure."

-- Edward Abbey

#Abiding Quotes #Satisfaction Quotes #Unshakable Quotes

“There are two kinds of people in this world: the ones who don't cook out of and have NEVER cooked out of THE I HATE TO COOK BOOK, and the other kind...The I HATE TO COOK people consist mainly of those who find other things more interesting and less fattening, and so they do it as seldom as possible. Today there is an Annual Culinary Olympics, with hundreds of cooks from many countries ardently competing. But we who hate to cook have had our own Olympics for years, seeing who can get out of the kitchen the fastest and stay out the longest.”
“I am a politician which means I am a liar and a crook. When I am not kissing babies I am stealing their lollypops.”
“I'd like to continue doing movies, clubs, concert halls and television. I like something about each one.”
“We have made some great strides in terms of treating various types of cancer with early detection. The success rate of recovery for many people today is better than it was a decade or two ago so we can't give up. Yes, we would all love a quick "cure all" but that is not reality. Until then, we all are in this together and we have to keep working towards more progress!”

Source : Interview with Shane Saunders, www.csifiles.com. April 2011.
“Good luck and good timing are the same thing.”
“People who believe in themselves and in a cause greater than themselves can achieve great things-as long as they have a well-intentioned leader to point them in the right direction.”

Source : John Baldoni (2012). “The Leader's Pocket Guide: 101 Indispensable Tools, Tips, and Techniques for Any Situation”, p.29, AMACOM Div American Mgmt Assn
“She would allow him to comfort her. And perhaps, someday, she would listen patiently if a dark, dreary night found him well in his cups and he drunkenly confessed to still feeling scores of wounds that werenâ€™t his own, but those of men under his command.”
“While you're doing it, you don't really know what you're doing.”

Source : Interview with Randy Shulman, www.metroweekly.com. August 21, 2002.

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