"Prufrock had measured out his life with measuring spoons; Dubin, in books resurrecting the lives of others."

-- Bernard Malamud

#Life Quotes #Book Quotes #Spoons Quotes

“Given a fair wind, we will negotiate our way into the Common Market, head held high, not crawling in. Negotiations? Yes. Unconditional acceptance of whatever terms are offered us? No.”

Source : Harold Wilson (1971). “A personal record: the Labour Government, 1964-1970”
“Writing wasn't about making money. I wanted to find fulfillment in writing and telling stories, and that's what's driven me.”
“I'm not a fan of giving a website a simple number like an IQ rating because like people they can vary in all kinds of different ways. So I'd be interested in different organisations labelling websites in different ways.”
“What earnest worker, with hand and brain for the benefit of his fellowmen, could desire a more pleasing recognition of his usefulness than the monument of a tree, ever growing, ever blooming, and ever bearing wholesome fruit?”
“Clothes and manners do not make the...”
“The prosthetics were interesting because the artist was so good that they could just put a Hitchcock mask on me, but you don't want to do that. You're an actor playing Hitchcock, so it's about how much of that you're going to do.”
“It makes no difference how deeply seated may be the trouble, how hopeless the outlook how muddled the tangle, how great the mistake. A sufficient realization of love will dissolve it all.”
“I believe, as followers of Christ, we are commanded to reach out to the least of these in the name of Jesus and show them they matter a great deal to God, who sacrificed His only Son to reach them with His love.”

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