"I keep going over a sentence. I nag it, gnaw it, pat and flatter it."

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Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

Janet Flanner

#Nagging Quotes #Sentences Quotes #Keep Going Quotes

“My only supporter and comrade-in-arms was Georg Helm, who had endeavored to formulate an energetic conception of science before me and had presented his results in a treatise [Die Lehre von der Energie] exhibiting great independence of thought. But we were separated by his aversion to a realistic conception of energy. Consequently, each of us considered the other only a half ally, toward whom an attitude of caution was necessary.”
“Good sex is an all-day affair. You can't treat your wife like a servant and expect her to be eager to sleep with you at night. Your wife's sexual responsiveness will be determined by how willingly you help out with the dishes, the kids' homework, or that leaky faucet that drips throughout the night.”

Source : Kevin Leman (2010). “Sheet Music: Uncovering the Secrets of Sexual Intimacy in Marriage”, p.57, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
“Effectiveness in teaching the Bible is purchased at the price of much study, some of it lonely, all of it tiring.”
“That's a pretty story,' said Afanasievna as she let go of Ansky's genitals. 'A pity I'm too old and have seen to much to believe it.' It has nothing to do with belief,' said Ansky, 'it has to do with understanding, and then changing.”
“I am comfortable giving people direction. If something is not good enough, my job is to find a way to help them learn from their mistake, and understand that next time I expect better.”

Source : "The story of Gucci" by Jess Cartner-Morley, www.theguardian.com. September 26, 2011.
“I love my home, just playing games and just sleeping. No matter where you go, nothing is better than sleeping.”
“There's a company behind every stock and a reason companies - and their stocks - perform the way they do.”
“It was as though applied mathematics was my spouse, and pure mathematics was my secret lover.”

Source : Edward Frenkel (2014). “Love and Math: The Heart of Hidden Reality”, p.139, Basic Books

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