"I never would just open a door and walk through, I had to bust it down for the hell of it. I just naturally liked doing things the hard way."

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Source : Edna Ferber (1941). “Saratoga Crunk”

Edna Ferber

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“It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place.”
“My feelings for you shame me into silence.”
“One thing my wife says is bad about me is that I still care too much.”
“I call it my billion-dollar mistake. It was the invention of the null reference in 1965.”
“I finally came to the decision that I couldn't do it like that anymore. So I surrendered to that. I did (the Sabbath reunion tour) without anything - cigarettes, tobacco, dope, anything. And I had so much more fun without it.”
“Mr False Pretence, you don't make sense I just don't know you But you make me cry, where's my kiss goodbye I think I love you”
“Generally, I've never known quite how to fit in in civilian life, but on set, making a film, I know exactly where to go, how to behave and how I fit.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Blessed are the single-hearted, for they shall enjoy much peace. If you refuse to be hurried and pressed, if you stay your soul on God, nothing can keep you from that clearness of spirit which is life and peace. In that stillness you will know what His will is.”

Source : Amy Carmichael (2010). “Candles in the Dark: Letters of Hope and Encouragement”, p.56, CLC Publications

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