"So long as we stand in need of a benefit, there is nothing dearer to us; nor anything cheaper when we have received it."

-- Roger L'Estrange

#Gratitude Quotes #Long Quotes #Needs Quotes

“I do acting for the awards... and cash money.”
“Most of my ideas just come out funny.”
“Never argue with people who buy ink by the gallon....”
“The love of individual freedom has stood in the way of the appreciation of social obligations.”
“The first step on the way to victory is to recognize the enemy.”
“Have I not reason to lament What man has made of man?”
“We could go back," he said. In the dome light of the car, his face looked hard as stone. "We could go back to your house. I can stay with you always. We can know each other's bodies in every way, night after night. I could love you." His nostrils flared, and he looked suddenly proud. "I could work. You would not be poor. I would help you." "Sounds like a marriage," I said, trying to lighten the atmosphere. But my voice was too shaky. "Yes," he said.”

Source : Charlaine Harris (2009). “Sookie Stackhouse 8-copy Boxed Set”, p.941, Penguin
“Sometimes when I do a joke and it doesn't get a lot of laughs, it kind of feels like I'm doing jazz. That's kinda cool because jazz is cool, but sometimes jazz sucks ... Maybe I'm the Kenny G of comedy.”

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