"Nothing is more pleasing and engaging than the sense of having conferred benefits. Not even the gratification of receiving them."

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Source : Ellis Peters (2014). “The Hermit Of Eyton Forest”, p.58, Head of Zeus

Ellis Peters

#Receiving Quotes #Benefits Quotes #Favors Quotes

“A handicapped person is a human being with the same heart as anyone else. It's not a misfortune if you can't hear-it's just an inconvenience.”
“As water shapes its flow in accordance with the ground, so an army manages its victory in accordance with the situation of the enemy.”
“I feel so intensely the delights of shutting oneself up in a little world of oneâ€™s own, with pictures and music and everything beautiful.”

Source : Virginia Woolf (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Virginia Woolf (Illustrated)”, p.48, Delphi Classics
“I said, 'If the quarterback is a runner, it'll work.' But if your quarterback's not a runner, in my judgment and in the judgment of most of the people, it wouldn't work without the quarterback running the ball.”
“Rejection process is not fun. It's the red pen on the page, the discarded sketch, sometimes is the only way forward.”
“I'm conscious of the fact that a lot of Ekoplekz material got released in quick succession. It was difficult for people to keep up. The thing is, once you hand over the material to the label you have no control over when something comes out - at one point I had whole LPs that were overlapping.”
“The rolling stone never gathereth mosse.”

Source : John Heywood (1562). “The Proverbs, Epigrams, and Miscellanies of John Heywood ...”, p.431
“There are no answers, only choices,”

Source : "Fictional character: Gibarian". "Solaris", www.imdb.com. 2002.

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