"They needed to share one secret after another with a beautiful woman, to peel away layer after layer, mask after mask, and still find themselves worshiped."

-- Denis Johnson

#Beautiful Quotes #Secret Quotes #Layers Quotes

“I fought NAFTA when it passed; it has been a big disaster for us, in my opinion. If we can renegotiate that, it would be wonderful.”

Source : Source: www.washingtonpost.com
“Sometimes I just survive. But sometimes I stand on the rooftop of my existence, arms stretched out, begging for more.”
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our Light, not our Darkness, that most frightens us.”

Source : A Return to Love ch. 7 (1992). Frequently misattributed to Nelson Mandela.
“Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.”
“Gliders, sail planes, they're wonderful flying machines. It's the closest you can come to being a bird.”
“It doesn't take a military genius to see we'll all be crispy critters after World War III.”
“If the head man in a company is not working 12 hours a day, doing things, taking risks, but also standing with his people in the trenches at the most difficult of times, then the company loses something.”
“The world is a beautiful place to be born into if you don't mind some people dying all the time or maybe only starving some of the time which isn't half so bad if it isn't you.”

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