"I remember the first check I got from The Who's recording [of "Young Man Blues"]. I'd been getting checks for $10 and $15 and so forth, and this one was for a much larger amount than that. I thought it was a mistake."

-- Mose Allison

#Mistake Quotes #Men Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“A Dominie in Gray-- Put gently up the evening Bars-- And led the flock away”
“I want to start dating the man that Iâ€™m gonna marry. I want to start having some fun with someone that I know Iâ€™m gonna be with. I donâ€™t play any games. Iâ€™m too old for that. Iâ€™ve been there, Iâ€™ve been around the block.”
“It occurred to me that nothing is more interesting than opinion when opinion is interesting, so I devised a method of cleaning off the page opposite the editorial, which became the most important in America and thereon I decided to print opinions, ignoring facts.”
“Education reform has as its main purpose to make sure that the education delivered is of quality.”
“The global HIV/AIDS epidemic is an unprecedented crisis that requires an unprecedented response. In particular it requires solidarity - between the healthy and the sick, between rich and poor, and above all, between richer and poorer nations. We have 30 million orphans already. How many more do we have to get, to wake up?”
“I could have been better. That's my goal now, to be better.”
“If George W. Bush really has the courage of his convictions the United States very soon will either wind up dominating the United Nations (as it should) or rendering it impotent (which would probably be even better).”
“If you expect the worst from people, that's exactly what you'll get.”

Source : Michelle Hodkin (2013). “The Evolution of Mara Dyer”, p.54, Simon and Schuster

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