"The more anybody wants a thing, the more they do think others want it."

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Source : Mary Webb (1928). “Precious Bane”

Mary Webb

#Thinking Quotes #Want Quotes

“I hear that melting pot stuff a lot, and all I can say is that we haven't melted.”
“on that piece of white paper, sam wrote, "write about me sometime." and i typed something back to her, standing right there in her bedroom. i just typed. "i will.”
“The greatest composer does not sit down to work because he is inspired, but becomes inspired because he is working.”
“We are not what we think, or what we say, or how we feel. We are what we do.”

Source : Gordon Livingston (2009). “Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart: Thirty True Things You Need to Know Now”, p.7, Da Capo Press
“Self-deception ultimately explains Japan's plight. The Japanese have never accepted that change is in their interest - and not merely a response to U.S. criticism.”
“Strange, isn't it? Each man's life touches so many other lives. When he isn't around he leaves an awful hole, doesn't he?”

Source : "Fictional character: Clarence Oddbody". "It's a Wonderful Life", www.imdb.com. 1946.
“I have never tried [cocaine] in my entire life. I've never even seen it. ... I am also way too high-strung. I can't even take a Sudafed. Can you imagine? My God. I think my heart would explode.”
“Once it was necessary that the people should multiply and be fruitful if the race was to survive. But now to preserve the race it is necessary that people hold back the power of propagation.”

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