"People in general attach too much importance to words. They are under the illusion that talking effects great results. As a matter of fact, words are, as a rule, the shallowest portion of all the argument. They but dimly represent the great surging feelings and desires which lie behind. When the distraction of the tongue is removed, the heart listens."

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Source : Theodore Dreiser (2004). “Sister Carrie”, p.83, Courier Corporation

Theodore Dreiser

#Lying Quotes #Heart Quotes #Talking Quotes

“If you want to bring the people of this world together, you have to be willing to engage with countries that do not share our [western] democratic values.”

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“That if you could acquire enough, accomplish enough, youâ€™d never want to own or do another thing. That if you could eat or sleep enough, youâ€™d never need more. That if enough people loved you, youâ€™d stop needing love.”
“He, who every morning plans the transactions of the day, and follows that plan, carries a thread that will guide him through a labyrinth of the most busy life.”
“Your mental attitude is someting you can control outright and you must use self-discipline until you create a Positive Mental Attitude - your mental attitude attracts to you everything that makes you what you are.”
“I have deeply regretted that I did not proceed far enough at least to understand something of the great leading principles of mathematics, for men thus endowed seem to have an extra sense.”
“For the first time in the history of photography, we can study the real-time production of snapshot making - globally! (On Flickr and other photosharing websites)”
“Then you've a hunch what the music meant . . . hunger and night and the stars.”
“You know, when cameras are rolling, improvisation doesn't feel natural. The pressure is too great. You're on a time schedule. You've got 60 crewmen.”

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