"I left school at 16 and skipped university to work, initially as a waiter. I think I missed out on what would have been great years."

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Peter Mayle

#School Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Years Quotes

“Home is one's birthplace, ratified by memory.”
“I don't have any problems in life, just situations.”
“If it is your time, love will track you down like a cruise missile.If you say "No! I don't want it right now," that's when you'll get it for sure. Love will make a way out of no way. Love is an exploding cigar which we willingly smoke.”
“It is often while you are looking for something else entirely that you make the most amazing finds.”

Source : Marissa Moss (2011). “The Pharaoh's Secret”, p.69, Abrams
“Next to hot chicken soup, a tattoo of an anchor on your chest, and penicillin, I consider a honeymoon one of the most overrated events in the world.”
“I got into a bad jag of movies that helped pay the rent and I thought would help further me along.”
“There are not the same factual shows anymore - children's TV has become much more trivial.”
“I knew I wanted to be a journalist ever since I was a teenager. While it is interesting and gratifying to be on the business side and to see how that all works, the main reason I kept a business role here was to protect the editorial integrity of Salon.”

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