"Curious, how each one of us secretly carries his private cemetery around with him and watches it filling up with ever new graves. The last one to be our own ..."

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Source : Vicki Baum (1964). “I know what I'm worth”, London

Vicki Baum

#Loss Quotes #Lasts Quotes #Watches Quotes

“I'm a big fan of 'Mad Men.'”
“The boys are so powerful off of the baseline now that they don't have to come to the net to finish points. That's the reason we went to the net. To finish the point. Nowadays, even the big guys can hit winners four feet behind the baseline.”
“The future of publishing lies with the small and medium-sized presses, because the big publishers in New York are all part of huge conglomerates.”
“I am by heritage a Jew, by citizenship a Swiss, and by makeup a human being, and only a human being, without any special attachment to any state or national entity whatsoever.”
“Nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.”
“Work ... has always been my favorite form of recreation.”

Source : Anna Howard Shaw (2017). “THE STORY OF A PIONEER: The Insightful Life Story of the leading Suffragist, Physician and the First Female Methodist Minister of USA”, p.21, e-artnow
“If you give up, the game is already over.”

Source : "How 'Slam Dunk' Manga artist brings characters to life" by Lianne Turner, www.cnn.com. November 29, 2012.
“I've been told I'm a player, but people still don't always return my calls.”

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