"There are stories in everything. I've got some of my best yarns from park benches, lampposts, and newspaper stands."

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Source : "Treasury of World Masterpieces O.Henry".

O. Henry

#Yarn Quotes #Benches Quotes #Parks Quotes

“Expensive clothes are a waste of money.”
“I wish you would recollect that Painting and Punctuality mix like Oil and Vinegar, and that Genius and regularity are utter Enemies and must be to the end of time.”

Source : Letter to a patron, in John Hayes 'Thomas Gainsborough' (1980) p. 14
“These settlements [Justice Department with lenders] include requirements that banks lend to minorities at below-market rates and, in effect, dish out cash to politically favored 'community groups.' It's a good bet that many of these loans will eventually go bad.”
“However absurd it may seem, I do in all seriousness hereby declare that I am animated mainly by philanthropic motives. I desire to do good to my fellow creatures, even to the Cui bonos.”

Source : "Electrical Papers". Book by Oliver Heaviside, Vol. I; Preface, p. vii, 1892.
“It is easy being a manager when you are one of 25,000 sitting in the stand or if you are an ex-player who is now working for the media who will never manage anything better than an under-10 team, thinking he knows best - and you know what I'm talking about, and I will deal with that, trust me. I'm a nice bloke, but not always.”

Source : "Neil Adams has precious little time to save Norwich City from relegation" by Jacob Steinberg, www.theguardian.com. April 7, 2014.
“Music and culture are intrinsically improvisational, existential.”
“I am totally unapologetic about pop music.”
“When I'm into a woman, I literally can't stop staring. I'm like a little kid. I become completely entranced.”

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