"Men cannot think like dogs.... [There exists] a sharp difference in the mental capacity of humans and canines. For example, a human who is given an intricate problem will spend all day trying to solve it, but a canine will have the sense to give up and do something else instead."

#Dog Quotes #Giving Up Quotes #Men Quotes

“If Bush wins, I'm going to leave the country and spend the rest of my life in France.”
“If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat.”
“I think now Somalia is turning a corner and we can, with the new political development, build on momentum - really build a peaceful future.”

Source : IRIN Interview, www.irinnews.org. December 9, 2004.
“After wishing for years to be given-the-opportunity of filming some of the more 'mystical' occupations of our Times - some of the more obscure Public Figures which the average imagination turns into 'bogeymen'... viz.: Policemen, Doctors, Soldiers, Politicians, etc.: - I was at last permitted to ride in a Pittsburgh police car, camera in hand, the final several days of September 1970.”

Source : Stan Brakhage (1982). “Brakhage scrapbook: collected writings, 1964-1980”, Treacle Pr
“Quite often, ambition operates on a level of irritation. Not even jealousy, just irritation.”
“Everyday God gives us the sun, and also the moment in wich have the ability to change everything that makes us unhappy. Our magic moment helps us to change and send us off in search of our dreams.”
“Perhaps depression is caused by asking oneself too many unanswerable questions.”

Source : Miriam Toews (2013). “Swing Low”, p.57, Faber & Faber
“Don't miss out on the love of a good women,son. No matter what that old man of yours tells you,love is real.I'd have never had the success in my life without the women right there.She's been my backbone.She's been my reason for everything I've ever done.One day your drive to make a name for yourself will begin to drift away. It won't be that important anymore.But when you're doing it for someone else, someone you would move heaven and earth for then you never lose the desire to succeed.I can't imagine this world without her in it.I don't ever want to.”

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