"Talking is something you can't do judiciously unless you keep in practice."

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Source : Dashiell Hammett (2007). “Vintage Hammett”, p.136, Vintage

Dashiell Hammett

#Talking Quotes #Practice Quotes

“I said I'd be honest, I never said I'd be consistant.”
“Ive always enjoyed seeing how things are made.”
“I cannot belong to a nonprofit organization because when you receive grants, you have to make such great compromises with your artistic plans.”
“When asked what characteristics Nobel prize winning physicists had in common Ø› I cannot think of a single one, not even intelligence”
“I intend to leave after my death a large fund for the promotion of the peace idea, but I am skeptical as to its results.”
“Obviously the horse can still do things that the gas car can never do, and the gas car will always be able to do things the electric car can't do. But they have really different uses and advantages.”

Source : Source: www.motherjones.com
“Give with a truly glad heart, for the sole purpose of the good it will do, and whatever you give shall return to you, multiplied, as if on wings, covered in sparkles.”
“There's many a slip between the cup and the lip.”

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