"I remember a time when a cabbage could sell itself by being a cabbage. Nowadays itâ€™s no good being a cabbage â€“ unless you have an agent and pay him a commission. Nothing is free anymore to sell itself or give itself away. These days, Countess, every cabbage has its pimp."

-- Jean Giraudoux

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“Everybody was happy my brother was locked up. Not me because I know what it feels like to be in there. It ain't made for everybody, but I knocked a lot of blocks down.”
“Only the dead know Brooklyn.”
“I wear my heart on my sleeve and live my life as openly and honestly as I can.”

Source : Source: www.elle.com
“If there is a possibility of several things going wrong, the one that will cause the most damage will be the one to go wrong.”

Source : "Grants: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?". Article by Cecilia Blanford, www.grantprofessionals.org. February 22, 2012.
“The claim made by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor OrbÃ¡n that the refugee question is a German problem is incorrect. It is a European problem.”
“Everything I am is because of my mom.”
“In 1977, when I started my first job at the Federal Reserve Board as a staff economist in the Division of International Finance, it was an article of faith in central banking that secrecy about monetary policy decisions was the best policy: Central banks, as a rule, did not discuss these decisions, let alone their future policy intentions.”
“I did not pray for any relief, but I prayed for strength to suffer with courage, humility and love.”

Source : Brother Lawrence (2005). “The Practice of the Presence of God”, p.46, Shambhala Publications

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