"Wealth is good, and if it comes our way we will take it; but a gentleman does not sell himself for wealth."

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Source : H. Rider Haggard (2012). “King Solomon's Mines”, p.86, Courier Corporation

H. Rider Haggard

#Gentleman Quotes #Doe Quotes #Way Quotes

“People have always found me challenging - I don't know why, when I am only being myself. I don't understand why they find me so annoying but they do. It is pity, but that is how it is.”
“It took thrift and savings, together with tremendous character and vision, to make our nation what it is today. And it will take thrift and savings, together with constant ingenuity and stamina, to conserve our remaining resources to enable us to continue to be a great nation.”
“Kids have parents. Let the parents be responsible for the kids.”
“Nobody likes it when someone calls in sick.”

Source : "What I Would Choose as My Last Meal" by Homaro Cantu, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 29, 2013.
“My point about alcohol is that if you abuse something, it abuses you back.”

Source : Michka Assayas (2006). “Bono”, p.110, Penguin
“I'm interested in people who have lived, who are searching and questioning.”
“I do generally all my stuff [stunts] except for motorcycles and cars, that stuff I don't know how to do as well as certain people do.”
“I'm a stand-up comic. Anything else I do besides that is a plus, but stand-up comedy is what I do, it's what I've been doing and it's what I'm going to keep doing.”

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