"We get wise by asking questions, and even if these are not answered we get wise, for a well-packed question carries its answer on its back as a snail carries its shell."

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Source : James Stephens (2015). “Irish Fairy Tales”, p.49, Booklassic

James Stephens

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“If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and man.”
“A great many people fall in love with or feel attracted to a person who offers the least possibility of a harmonious union.”

Source : Rudolf Dreikurs (2013). “The Challenge of Marriage”, p.80, Taylor & Francis
“If it was Europe, I just picked a country that I hadn't been to, but I didn't try to check up on what was going on in the country or anything like that. I just went and had a good time and met a lot of very nice people who are still my friends.”

Source : "Burning brightly". Interview with Richard Hawley, www.theguardian.com. October 15, 2006.
“The truth is I don't watch a lot of news, except for when I'm here at the office watching Fox News. I get my news online primarily when I'm not watching the channel.”
“There's nothing more invigorating than being deeply involved with a small company and a young team of founders out to do something incredibly special.”
“Much thought has at its root a dissatisfaction with what is. Wanting is the urge for the next moment to contain what this moment does not. When there is wanting in the mind, that moment feels incomplete. Wanting is seeing elsewhere. Completeness is being right here.”
“Dont try to go too fast. Learn your job. Dont ever talk until you know what youre talking about. If you want to get along, go along.”
“When you save the life of anyone, a farmer, a teacher, a mother, they are contributing productively into the economy.”

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