"Nothing in this world came out of satisfaction. Except the human race."

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Source : Josephine Tey (1997). “Brat Farrar”, p.179, Simon and Schuster

Josephine Tey

#Race Quotes #World Quotes #Satisfaction Quotes

“Obviously there are a lot of 12-year-olds over in America who are incredible singers.”
“I've never had a problem with the way I look. I'd rather go for lunch with my friends than go to a gym.”
“I really like the collaboration of doing movies and television. But I like the sort of solitary work of doing music.”
“For liberals, religion and politics mix as long as the results support their cause.”
“Well, how do I know that they don't know the answer unless I ask?”
“What keeps me interested--and it always does--is how can she be a bad actress on film but a good one in reality?”
“When the Soviet Union came to be run by a valetudinarian mafioso like Brezhnev, the thing itself had fallen into self-contempt.”
“You're my life, Elle. When we have our children, they'll be included in that circle and I'm not a man to lose everything. I want you as safe as possible." "So you don't think three protection dogs, a room filled with weapons, a panic room and house that eats people isn't just a little overkill?”

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