"Those fine eyes of hers had a disconcertingly direct gaze, and very often twinkled in a manner disturbing to male egotism. She had common-sense too, and what man wanted the plainly matter-of-fact, when he could enjoy instead Sophia's delicious folly?"

-- Georgette Heyer

#Eye Quotes #Men Quotes #Common Sense Quotes

“Each time I think Iâ€™ve reached a limit....there is a door....it opens....and the limit is gone.”
“The main thing that 99designs is about is choice. Its a fantastic model that eliminates risk for small business owners and puts designers on equal footing.”
“Only someone who is well prepared has the opportunity to improvise.”
“I don't do costumes, I don't do sh_t like that. I love Halloween as a concept, but do I actually go out and do things? No. Trick or treating? Pain in the ass. Hate answering the door all night long. I do love fall, which is bad because I live in Los Angeles.”
“Do not internalize the industrial model. You are not one of the myriad interchangeable pieces, but a unique human being, and if you've got something to say, say it, and think well of yourself while you're learning to say it better.”
“Farmers are patient men. They got to be. Got to see those seeds come up week by week, fraction by fraction, and sweat it out for some days not knowing yet is it weeds or vegetables ...”
“I do road gigs occasionally but I don't want to go out on the road for months at a time.”
“Capitalism is the exploitation of man by man. Well socialism is exactly the reverse.”

Source : Len Deighton (1964). “Funeral in Berlin”, HarperCollins UK

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