"I suppose all writers are crazy, but if they are any good, I believe they have a terrible honesty."

-- Raymond Chandler

#Honesty Quotes #Crazy Quotes #Believe Quotes

“You know why you have to give [Donald] Trump credit, whether you don't like him or not? He opened the door.Now there's a lot of talk about immigration. That's good. Nobody wanted to talk about it.”
“A man can't just sit around.”

Source : "July 2, 1982: Up, Up and Away With 42 Balloons" by Tony Long, www.wired.com. July 2, 2009.
“Success lives with no address as people keep searching for it in spite of making any amount or level of progress”
“Life's harder, the deeper you feel things.”
“A single person is a manageable entity, whom you can either make friends with or leave alone. But half of a married couple is not exactly a whole human being: if the marriage is successful it is something a little more than that; if unsuccessful, a little less. In either case, a fresh complication is added to the already intricate business of friendship: as Clem had once remarked, you might as well try to dance a tarantella with a Siamese twin.”
“In practice, I run every play like I'm scoring a touchdown.”
“Television thus illustrates the mixed blessings of technological change in American society. It is a new medium, promising extraordinary benefits: great educational potential, a broadening of experience, enrichment of daily life, entertainment for all. But it teaches children the uses of violence, offers material consumption as the answer to life's problems, sells harmful products, habituates viewers to constant stimulation, and undermines family interaction and other forms of learning such as play and reading.”
“He who gives back at the first repulse and without striking the second blow, despairs of success has never been, is not, and never will be a hero in war, love, or business.”

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