"Man has here two and a half minutes-one to smile, one to sigh, and a half to love: for in the midst of this minute he dies."

-- Jean Paul

#Life Quotes #Men Quotes #Two Quotes

“These people looked Japanese, were originally Japanese, were numerous. We had no way of knowing to what extent they had been infiltrated. To their great credit, it seems not to have been very much at all. But I can understand why. And I rather respect Eleanor for standing out against the tide at that point. But it certainly was a tide. And I'm not going to say it was unjustified.”
“Sometimes buying early on the way down looks like being wrong, but it isn't.”
“If a quote of two individuals looks identical or almost similar to make it difficult to know as who said it first to be Mr. Right, then it is perhaps sensible to give credit for the same to one who travels in life light by choice and not compulsions than other who is too eager to board on a success flight.”
“My primary process of perceiving is muscular and visual.”
“Most entertainment is trying to get you. It's tested, like toothpaste.”
“I'm not one of those people who thinks they simply deserve success. I have the drive to work.”
“Calling all citizens all over the world, this is Captain America calling.”
“I did not realize at the time, as I have discovered since, that anyone who attempts any thing original in this world must expect a bit of ridicule. Clarence Birdseye”

Source : Mark Kurlansky (2012). “Birdseye: The Adventures of a Curious Man”, p.42, Anchor

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