"They lay there for a few seconds, in the dark, in the future, listening to the fabulous clockwork of their hearts and lungs, and loving each other"

-- Michael Chabon

#Heart Quotes #Dark Quotes #Listening Quotes

“You were an ***** long before I made one outta ya!”
“[The Bill of Rights is] designed to protect individuals and minorities against the tyranny of the majority, but it's also designed to protect the people against bureaucracy, against the government.”
“It is too soon to tell, but old, tired 'Survivor' last night beat 'X Factor.' We're really proud of that. We're anticipating a very strong season for CBS.”
“People who believe in themselves and in a cause greater than themselves can achieve great things-as long as they have a well-intentioned leader to point them in the right direction.”

Source : John Baldoni (2012). “The Leader's Pocket Guide: 101 Indispensable Tools, Tips, and Techniques for Any Situation”, p.29, AMACOM Div American Mgmt Assn
“We grow old more through indolence, than through age.”

Source : Maxims (1660 - 80)
“You have to be a winning player just to break even.”
“There are two kinds of reading, reading which is contemplation - even a kind of vision & reading for information. For the first only the best will do, for the rest - then one can let in anything one would like to read in the world.”

Source : Mary Butts (2008). “The Journals of Mary Butts”, p.30, Yale University Press
“You must go deeper into Russia - 150 kilometres from Moscow or more, and look there. The kids are fed with cattle feed - people don't get paid for half a year.”

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