"The cat, covered in dust and standing on its hind legs, bowed to Margarita. Round its neck it was now wearing a made-up white bow tie on an elastic band, with a pair of ladiesâ€™ mother-of-pearl binoculars hanging on a cord. It had also gilded its whiskers."

-- Mikhail Bulgakov

#Mother Quotes #Cat Quotes #Dust Quotes

“I expect that in 40 years' time I'll be writing political tomes and working for an organisation like Oxfam.”

Source : "Forever Young". Interview with Lynn Barber, www.theguardian.com. September 2, 2006.
“I recognized it immediately the first time it happened - the cackle of the crone. It is the sound of a woman who is caught inside the mystery of the universe, in the irony of the angst, in the place ego abhors. Bliss.”
“How lovely." The old lady sighed. "An office romance. I always wanted an office romance. Of course I never really had a job, which made the situation more challenging. Oh, I worked on an assembly line during World War II, but there weren't very many men around and as my husband was off serving his country, an office romance would have been unpatriotic, don't you think?--Mrs. Ford”
“As for me and my house, I have no other refuge than this command of Jesus, 'Only believe' that is my refuge.”
“The colour of the skin is in no way connected with strength of the mind or intellectual powers.”
“What makes eBay successful.. the real value and the real power at eBay is the community. It's the buyers and sellers coming together and forming a marketplace.”
“In Australia we can take a playbook back to California from people who have actually adopted best practises, who have seen those practises play out over the years and plan for future droughts.”
“The fact is that when you are in a clean, clear state of mind you will be free to pay full attention to what you are doing and you will therefore naturally do it well. Problems come when you are not living in a natural state of mind. Then, no matter what you are doing your mind will be on something else.”

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