"I blush easily. I have difficulty meeting people's eye, difficulty with public speaking, the normal afflictions of the shy, but not to a paralysing degree."

-- Nicholson Baker

#Eye Quotes #People Quotes #Degrees Quotes

“Will Thisbee gave me The Beginner's Cook-Book for Girl Guides. It was just the thing; the writer assumes you know nothing about cookery and writes useful hints - "When adding eggs, break the shells first.”

Source : Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows (2009). “The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society”, p.159, A&C Black
“Capitalism has given people both the liberty and the incentive to create, produce, and trade, thereby generating prosperity.”

Source : Johan Norberg (2005). “In Defence of Global Capitalism”, p.71, Academic Foundation
“My dad always used to tell me that if they challenge you to an after-school fight, tell them you won't wait-you can kick their ***** right now.”
“When a manâ€™s heart is right with God the mysterious utterances of the Bible are spirit and life to him. Spiritual truth is discernible only to a pure heart, not to a keen intellect. It is not a question of profundity of intellect, but of purity of heart.”
“Some people call themselves fiscal conservatives; my wife says I'm just cheap.”

Source : "New members: K-L-M", www.politico.com. January 17, 2013.
“My accent remained terrible. It was very hard for me to initiate any conversation with someone I didn't know.”
“Countries with deficit don't want to pay the bill, and they want to get more loans, and countries with superiority, they don't want to help the countries with problems, and they just want them to tighten their belts.”

Source : "CNN Means Business", www.cnn.com. October 1, 2012.
“Unfortunately, the average guy on the street believes that studying evolution leads to atheism.”

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