"I never think I have finished a nude until I think I could pinch it."

-- Pierre-Auguste Renoir

#Thinking Quotes #Finishing Quotes

“What we define as a bubble is any kind of debt-fueled asset inflation where the cash flow generated by the asset itself - a rental property, office building, condo - does not cover the debt incurred to buy the asset. So you depend on a greater fool, if you will, to come in and buy at a higher price.”
“If you lose your purpose ... it's like you're broken.”

Source : Brian Selznick (2015). “The Invention of Hugo Cabret”, p.186, Scholastic
“The actor's tense, he's being taped and things are not falling naturally. That's what I hate about Boadway. I feel like I'm giving a whole lot for nothing. I like to capture things and hold them there and share them with the whole world.”
“I've been campaigning for 17 of the last 24 months. I'm ready to legislate and not campaign.”
“Effective leaders help others to understand the necessity of change and to accept a common vision of the desired outcome.”
“I never drink alcohol. I do not like to blunt my senses.â€™ â€˜Goodness,â€™ I babbled, â€˜but how awful for you. Not drinking, I mean. I mean, imagine getting up in the morning knowing that youâ€™re not going to feel any better all day.”

Source : Kyril Bonfiglioli (2004). “Don't Point that Thing at Me”, p.61, The Overlook Press
“It's a terrible thing to die young. Still, it saves a lot of time.”
“Stars, too, were time travelers. How many of these ancient points of light were the last echoes of suns now dead? How many had been born but their light not yet come this far? If all the suns but ours collapsed tonight, how many lifetimes would it take us to realize that we were alone? I had always known the sky was full of mysteries - but not until now had I realized how full of them the earth was.”

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