"cracked things often hold out as long as whole things; one takes so much better care of them!"

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Source : Thomas Carlyle, Charles Richard Sanders, Clyde de L. Ryals, Jane Welsh Carlyle, Kenneth J. Fielding (1970). “The collected letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle”

Jane Welsh Carlyle

#Long Quotes #Care Quotes #Shortcomings Quotes

“Quickest way to build trust: Keep promises you make, don't over-promise. Over-deliver, don't under-deliver. If you say you'll do something, make sure you do but if things then run late or go wrong, tell your client at the earliest opportunity”
“The First Law of Journalism: to confirm existing prejudice, rather than contradict it.”

Source : More Magazine, 1974.
“It is a mistake that there is no bath that will cure people's manners, but drowning would help.”
“The best thing for being sad ... is to learn something.”

Source : "The Sword in the Stone". Book by T. H. White, 1963.
“Life science research can be done on multiple platforms. Since we have a very small number of people flying into space, the more people you have, the better.”
“There's more to come. Series 4 [of Peaky Blinders] is coming soon. But I'm proud of making my hometown, which is considered to be completely unfashionable, slightly fashionable. People actually know where it is now.”
“It's not a crime to get drunk.”
“I think I've been addicted to openness since long before my rock career. I was terrible as a teenager. I used to go out of my way to make people uncomfortable with personal details. I was always fascinated by the idea that we have these weird, random boundaries between what we do and don't show.”

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