"In this world, everyone is friends with everyone else. In a way."

-- Katherine Howe

#World Quotes #Way Quotes #This World Quotes

“It is not wise for a man who can get seasick in a rowboat on a mill-pond to attack a Japanese dinner just after a seventeen days voyage across the Pacific.”
“I said to my teacher, 'I can't be a singer because I'm not pretty enough, and I'm fat.' And she looked at me and said, 'Tell that to Nell Carter, babe.' That changed my life forever!”
“When I heard the words, I felt as if the blood had been frozen in my veins, and that my lungs must collapse for the want of air. Mr. Lincoln shot!”

Source : Elizabeth Keckley (2016). “Behind the Scenes: Or, Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in the White House”, p.79, Enhanced Media Publishing
“Israeli murderers are called "commandos," Arab commandos are called "terrorists."”
“If I could have shot 69 in the last round every time, I would have won nine U.S. Opens. Nine!”
“There's a lot to be said for quitters. Those people who are extremely good at one thing got that way by quitting almost everything else.”

Source : Twitter post from Dec 12, 2012
“Everything good proceeds from enthusiasm.”
“I would not put a thief in my mouth to steal my brains.”

Source : Charles Portis (2011). “True Grit”, p.73, A&C Black

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