"Persistence only proves persistence-it does not prove love. The fact that a romantic pursuer is relentless doesn't mean you are special-it means he is troubled."

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Source : Gavin De Becker (1998). “The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals that Protect Us from Violence”, Dell Publishing Company

Gavin de Becker

#Mean Quotes #Persistence Quotes #Special Quotes

“If it seems like you're doing work when you're acting, then you're doing something wrong.”
“Sometimes words are not enough. There are some circumstances so utterly wretched that I cannot describe them in sentences or paragraphs or even a whole series of books.”
“I have flabby thighs, but fortunately my stomach covers them.”
“In the immortal words of Roberto Duran, we are saying, 'No mas!' We will educate students and then promote them, not the reverse”
“Love's true nature remains forever beyond the grasp of all our faculties. It is far greater than any feeling or emotion and completely surpasses any act of human kindness.... The realization of love always remains mysterious.”
“Faith means wanting God and wanting to want nothing else.”
“Giese was an unemotional man, but then in the study of Solaris emotion is a hindrance to the explorer. Imagination and premature theorizing are positive disadvantages in approaching a planet where-as has become clear-anything is possible... The fact is that in spite of his cautious nature the scrupulous Giese more than once jumped to premature conclusions. Even when on their guard, human beings inevitably theorize.”
“If I needed to record, I'd head to the coast or Nashville, one or the other.”

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