"Even though work stops, expenses run on."

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Source : Cato the Elder (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Cato the Elder (Illustrated)”, p.54, Delphi Classics

Cato the Elder

#Running Quotes #Expenses Quotes

“The self-fulfilling prophecy is, in the beginning, a false definition of the situation evoking a new behavior which makes the originally false conception come true. The specious validity of the self-fulfilling prophecy perpetuates a reign of error. For the prophet will cite the actual course of events as proof that he was right from the very beginning.”

Source : "The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy" (1948)
“The crucial task of old age is balance: keeping just well enough, just brave enough, just gay and interested and starkly honest enough to remain a sentient human being.”

Source : Florida Scott-Maxwell (2013). “Measure of My Days”, p.23, Knopf
“Novels are a marathon, while comic scripts are a sprint.”

Source : "Crime novelist Duane Swierczynski on shedding the Spanx for noir in the new BLACK HOOD #1". Interview with Donna Dickens, uproxx.com. January 28, 2015.
“It would be immoral to walk away from the consequences of our actions, leaving behind anarchy and civil war in Iraq.”

Source : Kenneth Clarke's speech, www.theguardian.com. August 31, 2005.
“Just look at the Old Testament. They didn't go out with the army first. They sent the musicians out.”
“You make the movie through the cinematography - it sounds quite a simple idea, but it was like a huge revelation to me.”

Source : "His brilliant career". Interview with Jason Wood, www.theguardian.com. June 2, 2005.
“I just went into my studio and started to compile stuff. I was so happy with what was coming out that good momentum just carried over and when I would listen back to some of the riffs and some of the ideas, I was completely happy because I felt like, "wow, this was a breakthrough!" The ideas and the songs were really strong and I couldn't wait to show everybody the stuff.”

Source : Source: www.alternativenation.net
“Everybody values their train, but they want to zero-out other people's trains.”

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