"It seemed like a nice neighborhood to have bad habits in."

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Source : Raymond Chandler (2011). “The Big Sleep & Farewell, My Lovely”, p.43, Modern Library

Raymond Chandler

#Nice Quotes #Habit Quotes #Bad Habits Quotes

“We have one life; it soon will be past; what we do for God is all that will last.”
“In political activity . . . men sail a boundless and bottomless sea; there is neither harbour for shelter nor floor for anchorage, neither starting-place nor appointed destination. The enterprise is to keep afloat on an even keel.”
“This week a man was arrested for jumping over the White House fence and trying to spray paint a political message. If that guy really wanted to get a message to the president, he could have just written it in an email to literally anyone.”
“The Bible and studying the Bible has been an important part of my life.”
“How much pain they have cost us, the evils which have never happened.”
“There are no objective tests in psychiatry-no X-ray, laboratory, or exam finding that says definitively that someone does or does not have a mental disorder.”
“[We] administered testosterone to men; instead of sharing money, they become selfish. Interestingly, high testosterone males are also more likely to use their own money to punish others for being selfish.”
“I am the opposite of boring, but I'm a little reckless, and I'm not against taking risks, and I think I'm always down for an adventure.”

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