"Pretend to be completely in control and people will assume that you are."

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Source : Walter Isaacson (2011). “Steve Jobs”, p.55, Simon and Schuster

Walter Isaacson

#People Quotes #Assuming Quotes

“When I was in junior high I read a lot of Danielle Steele. So I always assumed that the day I got engaged I'd be naked, covered in rose petals, and sleeping with the brother of the man who'd kidnapped me.”

Source : Jenny Lawson (2012). “Let's Pretend This Never Happened: (A Mostly True Memoir)”, p.68, Pan Macmillan
“I have never taken performance-enhancing drugs whether banned or unbanned, on or off the list, at any time. In fact, I underwent hundreds of tests during my career and all were negative.”
“FIFA's goal of making the world a better place through football cannot be achieved through our efforts alone - equally important is the power which every fan of the beautiful game has at their disposal.”
“Impulse arrested spills over, and the flood is feeling, the flood is passion, the flood is even madness.”
“Even our recreation was scheduled. There was no time to look for birds or wander into the nearby woods. We were put into teams and sent into violent pursuit of a helpless ball.”
“As in everything, nature is the best instructor.”
“I focused on the passing houses filled with couples whoâ€™d somehow survived this teenage craziness of â€˜he likes her but she likes him and he likes somebody else, you just canâ€™t win.â€™ How did they do it? How did they end up in their golden, warm and cozy living rooms with their 2.3 children and dogs and cats? Because getting from where I was to where they were seemed millions of light years away.”
“If you believe in the existence of fairies at the bottom of the garden you are deemed fit for the bin. If you believe in parthenogenesis, ascension, transubstantiation and all the rest of it you are deemed fit to govern the country.”

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