"Sometimes the lies you tell are less frightening than the loneliness you might feel if you stopped telling them."

-- Brock Clarke

#Loneliness Quotes #Lying Quotes #Might Quotes

“Firms don't just try to pay as little as possible to get the needed bodies on board; when there is unemployment, they ask themselves how wage cuts would affect the behavior of the employees. Would they quit or feel dissatisfied and work less hard on the firm's behalf if they feel that wage policies are unfair?”
“California ... is the place that sets the trends and establishes the values for the rest of the country; like a slow ooze, California culture spreads eastward across the land.”
“We are more powerful, more knowledgeable, better prepared than we think we ever are.”
“That was the source of my vanity and my cowardice: always I believed everyone was watching me.”

Source : Andre Dubus (2010). “Broken Vessels: Essays”, p.51, Open Road Media
“How much are you worth? I have no idea. How much do you want? Naw.I just want to know what you're worth. Over ten million? Oh, my, yes. Why are you doing it? How much better can you eat? What can you buy that you can't already afford? The future, Mr. Gittes! The future!”
“The poet is never inspired, because he is the master of that which appears to others as inspiration. He does not wait for inspiration to fall out of the heavens like roasted ortolans. He knows how to hunt...He is never inspired because he is unceasingly inspired, because the powers of poetry are always at his disposition, subjected to his will, submissive to his own activity...”
“We need military border patrols to battle drugs & terrorism.”
“We need to ensure our men and women in uniform are equipped with the very best money can buy. We also have to make sure critical military technologies are developed in America and that the U.S. defense manufacturing base remains healthy and strong.”

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