"My wife - to-be and I went to see my father. Only he could answer the two questions before us: Shall we get married now? Shall I begin the practice of law, or continue being the successful wine salesman I had become, working my way through law school?"

-- Emanuel Celler

#Father Quotes #Wine Quotes #School Quotes

“Oh, my ways are strange ways and new ways and old ways, And deep ways and steep ways and high ways and low, I'm at home and at ease on a track that I know not, And restless and lost on a road that I know.”

Source : Henry Lawson, Walter Stone (1973). “Poems of Henry Lawson”, Sydney : Ure Smith
“Humor is all about timing.”
“I used to advertise my loyalty and I don't believe there is a single person I loved that I didn't eventually betray.”
“Since her retirement from teaching Miss Beryl's health had in many respects greatly improved, despite her advancing years. An eighth-grade classroom was an excellent place to snag whatever was in the air in the way of illness. Also depression, which, Miss Beryl believed, in conjunction with guilt, opened the door to illness. Miss Beryl didn't know any teachers who weren't habitually guilty and depressed-guilty they hadn't accomplished more with their students, depressed that very little more was possible.”
“I know Chandler is similar to me. But if you watched my life for a week, there would be many more boring parts.”
“Once the initial excitement wears off and it's time to sit down to write, the authors are usually still very eager, but the reality of doing the work can be a little daunting.”
“My success has depended wholly on putting things over on people, so I'm not sure that I'm that great a role model. I am, however, an expert on pretending to be an expert on pretending to be an expert.”
“I really want women to throw their shoulders back and stand up straight and use their big girl voices and not feel like they're compromising their femininity to be strong and smart.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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