"Surrender. That's an interesting term. We tend to see all forms of surrender as negative--war, sports, highway on-ramps. You'd never hear us describing a relationship as a type of surrender. But maybe we should. Is it wrong to cede the solo to the duet. Surrender doesn't mean you lose, only that you no longer wish to fight."

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Source : Franz Wisner (2009). “How the World Makes Love: . . . And What It Taught a Jilted Groom”, p.74, Macmillan

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“Nothing in life is fair. Fair is a dirty word and I'll thank you not to use that language around me.”

Source : Jeff Lindsay (2008). “Dexter in the Dark”, p.22, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
“Launching a business is kind of like a motorboat: You can go very quickly and turn fast.”
“I've wanted to see beyond the Western, mechanical view of the world and see what else might appear when the lens was changed”
“When I got through, Duke Ellington stood up and started the applause.”
“If you, as CEO, have recognized an approach as being the right one, you have to pursue it consistently, even if some people disagree. But it is now clear to everyone that we, as an automaker, have no alternative but to take [environmental protection] course.”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de
“I worked with my dad for 15 years. I apprenticed under him and decided I wanted to become an architect. So I went to college for it and then the acting bug got me.”
“It's good that kids know the Scripture. It's best that they know the Scripture and get the concept. All I can say is, it's working.”
“I admire my mother. She raised four kids and worked and had no help.”

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