"Calling you an idiot would be an insult to all the stupid people."

-- Russell Lynes

#Wise Quotes #Stupid Quotes #People Quotes

“Bogging down large armies in historically complex, dangerous areas ends in disaster.”
“Day-colored wine, night-colored wine, wine with purple feet or wine with topaz blood, wine, starry child of earth...”
“Real isn't how you are made," said the Skin Horse. "It's a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real." "Does it hurt?" asked the Rabbit. "Sometimes," said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. "When you are Real you don't mind being hurt.”

Source : The Velveteen Rabbit (1922)
“Being a startup entrepreneur is not for everybody and itâ€™s not the only desirable career choice. I also know that many people have families and cost obligations that donâ€™t allow the kinds of financial risks associated with starting a company. And for others the hours, stresses and sacrifices in personal relationships are not worth it.”
“The great writers just kept bringing them out. They didn't care if they repeated themselves.”
“I don't believe in speaking ill of the dead, even when it's the truth.”
“If you heard me sing, you would just plug your ears and run, screaming, the other way. I promise.”

Source : "Sarah Paulson and Sally Talley". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. February 26, 2013.
“Children make up the best songs, anyway. Better than grown-ups. Kids are always working on songs and throwing them away, like little origami things or paper airplanes. They don't care if they lose it; they'll just make another one.”

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