"I pledged myself to smoke but one cigar a day. I kept the cigar waiting until bedtime, then I had a luxurious time with it. But desire persecuted me every day and all day long. I found myself hunting for larger cigars...within the month my cigar had grown to such proportions I could have used it as a crutch."

-- Mark Twain

#Hunting Quotes #Long Quotes #Waiting Quotes

“My father works for Xerox and fixes those gigantic copy machines that are about 10 feet wide.”
“There is something about seeing real people on a stage that makes a bad play more intimately, more personally offensive than any other art form.”

Source : Jackie Joyner-Kersee (1999). “A Kind of Grace: The Autobiography of the World's Greatest Female Athlete”, p.41, Hachette UK
“Because a women's beauty does not belong to her alone. It is a part of the bounty she brings into the world. She has a duty to share it.”

Source : J. M. Coetzee (1999). “Disgrâce”, Random House (UK)
“To live for some future goal is shallow. It's the sides of the mountain that sustain life, not the top.”
“Baby Steps are for Babies, Not Brands. Be Amazing or Be Surpassed.”
“For God to reveal His Son in us is not the result of research or searching; it is entirely a matter of mercy and revelation. It is an inward seeing, an inner knowing.”
“Even though I have fond feelings for comedy clubs, I enjoy the focus you get in a theater. Comedy clubs are a different animal. People are being served nachos and there's a blender going off in the background.”
“A cat has to be in a very bad mood if a human cannot coax him to purr.”

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