"I remember a table in BarchesterTowers that had more character than the combined heroes of three recent novels I've read."

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Source : 1974 Aroused by Books.

Anatole Broyard

#Hero Quotes #Character Quotes #Three Quotes

“A well-behaved woman seldom makes history”
“Really in technology, it's about the people, getting the best people, retaining them, nurturing a creative environment and helping to find a way to innovate.”
“The purpose of all relationships is to create a sacred context within which you can express the fullness of who you are. And who you are is an experience you have before you enter relationship, not because you did.”
“Ultimately, we are seeking a better understanding of what is means to be human. In this quest, progress is not made by finding the "right" answers, but by asking meaningful questions.”

Source : Terry Winograd, Fernando Flores (1986). “Understanding Computers and Cognition: A New Foundation for Design”, p.13, Intellect Books
“I just want to give my best in London, I want to cross that line and see a personal best on the clock then I will see what position I am in.”
“So much money and energy is expended making a film that I think it should be used for positive ends.”
“It is not simply what one remembers, but why. There are sites of amputation where the past is severed from the body of the present. Remembering only encourages the growth of phantom limbs. And it is not simply what one remembers, or why, but what to do with what one remembers, which of the scattered pieces to carry forward, what to protect and preserve, what to leave behind.”

Source : Camilla Gibb (2007). “Sweetness in the Belly”, p.107, Penguin
“It ain't gun control we need; it's sin control.”

Source : "Redneck, Inc: The Duck Dynasty Story". Interview with Erik Hedegaard, www.mensjournal.com. October 5, 2013.

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