"To think twice in every matter and follow the lead of others is no way to make money."

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Source : Saikaku Ihara (1955). “Nippon Eitaigura: The Way to Wealth”

Ihara Saikaku

#Thinking Quotes #Matter Quotes #Way Quotes

“I noticed that I used to go to second hand shops and flea markets and find funny, cute things, but now I go into those stores, and I think, This is dead people's stuff. This is all, like, somebody cleaned out their parents' house, and I don't want any of it. If I didn't want it from my parents, I don't want it from your parents.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“Man is the one who desires, woman the one who is desired. This is woman's entire but decisive advantage. Through man's passions, nature has given man into woman's hands, and the woman who does not know how to make him her subject, her slave, her toy, and how to betray him with a smile in the end is not wise.”
“There was a time I was very much blaming the way I felt on L.A, that it was a vacuum of creativity, of humor or anything organic, and I was really angry at the place. But then today I feel completely different - I love L.A.!”
“It's easy to impress me. I don't need a fancy party to be happy. Just good friends, good food, and good laughs. I'm happy. I'm satisfied. I'm content.”
“At 23 years old, I came into politics as a dragon slayer. At 63 years old, I'm going out as a dragon.”
“A kiss with anyone, on or off camera, can be intimidating. I've been kissing for nearly two decades now, and I'm always convinced I'm not doing it right. Chemistry is so important in a great kiss. You can act your way through anything, but it's hard with a kiss.”
“Gymnastics uses every single part of your body, every little tiny muscle that you never even knew.”

Source : Interview With Peter Gambaccini, www.runnersworld.com. October 23, 2006.
“Its objects are CONTRACTS with foreign nations which have the force of law, but derive it from the obligations of good faith.”

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