"the less one does, as I long ago observed, the less one can find time to do."

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Source : Jane Welsh Carlyle (1977). “I Too Am Here: Selections from the Letters of Jane Welsh Carlyle”, p.277, Cambridge University Press

Jane Welsh Carlyle

#Long Quotes #Doe Quotes #Laziness Quotes

“I simply want to live; to cause no evil to anyone but myself.”
“There's not enough of those inclusive projects where I feel like I'm interpreting a human being and not just a statistic or a nationality.”
“I have always loved blizzards, if only because of the driving experience - which is definitely an acquired taste.”
“I'm a big fan of 'Star Wars.' Some of the most iconic characters of 'Star Wars,' we didn't see their faces but to this day you can say Jabba the Hutt or Darth Vader and people know what you mean around the world.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“For mine is the old belief... There is a soil in every leaf.”
“I think I've been in situations where they looked at me and just see some rich white guy - they don't see me at all.”
“Mary and Carrie and baby Grace and Ma had all had scarlet fever. The Nelsons across the creek had had it too, so there had been no one to help Pa and Laura.”
“Resolution Trust Company was set up to liquidate a bunch of assets that the government had inherited because the savings and loans went broke. So the savings and loans went broke, the government stepped in, paid off depositors, and now they're left with this mass of assets to sell. We're not talking about selling here, we're talking about buying intelligently. They were selling what they got handed to them by a bunch of savings and loan operators that had in many cases had done some very dumb thing. But their job was to liquidate it. And they liquidated.”

Source : "Warren Buffett: I Haven't Seen As Much Economic Fear In My Adult Lifetime - Charlie Rose Interview". Interview with Charlie Rose, www.cnbc.com. October 1, 2008.

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