"It was a revolving door that kept going in circles. I got to the point where I thought, "Man, none of this is doing it." but I'd keep repeating the same actions. I'd go win another contest, open another company, invent a new maneuver."

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Source : Source: theindiespiritualist.com

Christian Hosoi

#Winning Quotes #Men Quotes #Doors Quotes

“How many of them were there?' Her voice wasn't joking around. Eighteen. Hundred.' Four,' Blaylock interjected. 'An honor guard of four.' What did they work you over with? Those bruises on your thighs are severe?' Crowbars. Big, massive-' Blay cut in. 'Clubs. Had to be those ceremonial black clubs.”
“You look out into the audience and you see so much joy on people's faces. You make eye contact with people who are almost crying because they can't believe they're seeing the Rumours five back again, they can't believe their eyes. It's almost like a family reunion on stage, there's no angst, there's no animosity, there's just tremendous amount of friendship.”
“The main stem was then in most cases twisted in a zigzag form, which process checked the flow of the sap, and at the same time encouraged the production of side branches at those parts of the stem where they were most desired.”

Source : Robert Fortune (1853). “Two visits to the tea countries of China and the british tea plantations in the Himalaya”, p.74
“It was dreadful, I had pain. It was like someone was trying to put pressure up there.”
“Unanimity of opinion may be fitting for a church, for the frightened or greedy victims of some (ancient, or modern) myth, or for the weak and willing followers of some tyrant. Variety of opinion is necessary for objective knowledge. And a method that encourages variety is also the only method that is comparable with a humanitarian outlook.”
“A home without a cat â€” and a well-fed, well-petted and properly revered cat â€” may be a perfect home, perhaps, but how can it prove title?”
“Give me a man with a little fight in him, a man who calls me on my bullshit. (But who also kind of likes my bullshit.)”
“I actually own a copy of my own book; that's how dedicated I am as an author.”

Source : "John Hodgman, part one: the global superpocalypse". Interview with Scott Tobias, www.avclub.com. November 8, 2011.

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