"I always had this energy level that made me want to come to New York."

-- Roy Ayers

#New York Quotes #Energy Quotes #Levels Quotes

“I was very surprised how many people were earnestly reminiscing about the '80s. It's such a stupid thing to do, like, to be honestly invested in nostalgia. It never even occurred to me to do that.”
“Well, as you know, we're working through a difficult period in our financial markets right now as we work off some of the past excesses. But the American people can remain confident in the soundness and the resilience of our financial system.”

Source : "Five Years Later, Lehman Brothers Fall Still Stings". "All Things Considered" with John Ydstie, www.npr.org. September 11, 2013.
“They were not friends. They didn't know each other. It struck Tom like a horrible truth, true for all time, true for the people he had known in the past and for those he would know in the future: each had stood and would stand before him, and he would know time and time again that he would never know them, and the worst was that there would always be the illusion, for a time, that he did know them, and that he and they were completely in harmony and alike. For an instant the wordless shock of his realization seemed more than he could bear.”

Source : Patricia Highsmith (1999). “Talented Mr. Ripley ; Ripley under ground ; Ripley's game”, Random House, Inc.
“Always do what you say you are going to do. It is the glue and fiber that binds successful relationships.”

Source : Larry Winget (2007). “It's Called Work for a Reason!: Your Success is Your Own Damn Fault”, p.172, Penguin
“So I decided to start a church, for three reasons. First, I hated going to church and wanted one I liked, so I thought I would just start my own. Second, God had spoken to me in one of those weird charismatic moments and told me to start a church. Third, I am scared of God and try to do what he says.”
“When you get to speak Irish, you become more at one with yourself, you kind of have a spark when you use it, and I think it's a great dialect,”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Whether you go to Turkey or Mexico, China or Australia, find time to involve yourself with the people you're dealing with.”
“It's true, of course, humor is very important in my life, as you know. That's the only reason for living, in fact.”

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